China state media criticizes government for lackluster smog efforts

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China state media criticizes government for lackluster smog efforts

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/china-state-media-criticizes-government-lackluster-smog-efforts-080817335--finance.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ZTtKHOx08273GvShdd7XFQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-02-17T080817Z_1_CBREA1G0MLV00_RTROPTP_2_CHINA-POLLUTION.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="The CCTV building is seen amid the heavy haze in Beijing's central business district" align="left" title="The CCTV building is seen amid the heavy haze in Beijing's central business district" border="0" /></a>The Chinese government's failure to take emergency steps over the weekend to rein in pollution was &quot;indefensible,&quot; state media said on Monday, in a rare show of defiance after several days of thick smog once again blanketed the capital, Beijing. The criticism will be a concern for the stability-obsessed government, which is keen to be seen as tough on pollution as affluent city dwellers weary of a growth-at-all-costs economic model that has tainted much of China's air, water and soil. &quot;Their inaction in the face of the heaviest air pollution in a month flies in the face of their own promises and their own credibility,&quot; the official English-language China Daily said in an editorial. Similar comments posted by China's state broadcaster CCTV and official mouthpiece the People's Daily on their Twitter-like Sina Weibo microblogs over the weekend were later deleted.</p><br clear="all"/>

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