With air pollution at an all time high in the Chinese capital, Beijing's residents are coming up with novel ways to try to deal with the suffocating smog.
January 14, 2013 as the smog settles in. Photo: Nasa
Just a week and a half before, on January 3, 2013, clearer skies over Beijing. Photo: Nasa
It's no wonder Beijing-based British artist Matt Hope wanted to design a bicycle that powers an air filter, as he rides through the city.
Elsewhere in Beijing, billionaire entrepreneur Chen Guangbiao is taking plans to sell canned air seriously. Here employees of his company give away cans of fresh air to pedestrians on a hazy day in central Beijing.
