About 150,000 people in China will go abroad in December because of heavy smog in the capital and northern regions of the country, Sputnik News reports, referring to local media.
On Thursday, Beijing authorities announced red smog alert, the utmost warning level for air pollution in China, from December 16 to 21. The authorities cut the amount of cars on the road in half and temporarily closed kindergartens, primary schools, factories and construction sites in the capital. Red alert regime was also established in 23 other cities across north and central China.