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In Beijing it's difficult to see the sun. The air is of smog (a mixture of smoke and ). It is so thick that it blocks the sun. People miss seeing the sun. Beijing's want people to see the sunrise. They put screens in the city. People watch the sunrise on . One screen has a special on it. It read: "Protecting the atmosphere and is everyone's responsibility." The live, digital sunrise is with tourists. Ricardo Hernandez from Mexico said it looked like fiction. He said it was cool, but also .

The air in China's cities is often bad in . People burn more coal for . This makes more . Beijing's mayor promised to make the air cleaner. He will use $2.4 billion this year to make things . Many workers wore face to work. They could not breathe the bad air. One man said: "I couldn't see the buildings across the street this . The smog has become worse in the last to three years." He often feels bad: "I often and my nose is always running,'' he said. The US embassy said people should not do any outside.

 


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