From the article: "Between 350,000 and 500,000 people die in China each year from severe air pollution, the country’s former health minister says. Chen Zhu, who served as minister until March 2013, released his claims in a commentary published in the December issue of The Lancet medical journal. Chen’s revelations are particularly significant, the Telegraph writes, as he is the most senior government official who has mentioned a pollution-related death toll– which are generally subject to censorship in China." - Stephen Mack

A friend on FB shared this recent article, "Somebody Took a Picture of Beijing's Skyline for a Year -- and It's Horrifying" (http://www.takepart.com/article...) but they don't actually show the gallery of the year of pictures, and I couldn't get that article's source site to load. So I'm sharing this one instead. - Stephen Mack