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An English has started a business from selling bottled, British countryside air to Chinese consumers. Leo De Watts, 27, struck upon the of selling air to China after seeing news of pollution and smog in Chinese cities. He guessed there was a market for air. De Watts launched his company last year in the somewhat named industry of "air farming". His team "harvests" air in bottles from locations across Britain and ships it to China. Even though the air is to collect, De Watts puts a price on his products. Chinese lovers of British air have to pay around $115 for a 580 ml bottle of the fresh .

De Watts was born in the British and said he appreciates the quality of the air in Britain. He now lives in Hong Kong where he sells his air at local street markets. A lot of his merchandise is sold in Chinese cities such as Beijing and Shanghai, where pollution can be bad. He said his Chinese customers can be quite about what kind of air they buy. He explained in a promotional that: "Quite often, a lot of our orders are bespoke. We have clients who request very particular for their air. Sometimes we'll be at the top of a mountain, and times at the bottom of a ." He added: "There's really a market for this. We've just started."

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