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Smog

I’ve never been happier to leave a city than Guangzhou, for health of mind and body. With pollution so thick one strains to read neon signs from 200meters, I have arrived at the China the textbooks all discuss, where growth at whatever cost is the mantra, and the people live stifled. As my bus left Guangzhou we traveled through the heart of the city on the maze of freeways that stand 5-8 stories above the city below, suspended between the massive apartment blocks. All around as far as the eye can see are buildings, some half finished, and cranes ready to start work on the next; the thriving pulse of hyperactive growth. Just scratch the surface to see the subway tracks being laid, book a flight and stroll the main concourse of the new airport, just as long as you don’t breathe too deeply.



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