The blue skies that we saw during the 2008 Olympics were a mere window in Beijing’s smoggy sky history. As China’s mega-cities prepare for winter, we will see emissions, emissions and more emissions, caused by residents illegally burning coal bricks. Earth Beat’s Beijing correspondent Marije Vlaskamp tells host Marnie Chesterton what it’s like to live there.

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