By Andri Antoniades | Takepart.com
December 11, 2013 8:41 PM
Last week, dense layers of smog choked much of eastern China, with air pollution in more than 100 cities measuring well above levels the World Health Organization considers hazardous to human health.
But apparently every cloud, even the toxic ones, has a silver lining.
According to an op-ed published by the country’s state-run media network, CCTV, smog is actually making Chinese residents smarter, funnier, and more informed. In what has to be one of the more stunning attempts to turn lemons into lemonade, journalist Wang Lei argues that while air pollution is the “universal enemy,†in some ways the smog is improving the lives of citizens, even as it jeopardizes their health and safety.
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