“Beijing springs”, or periods of relative political liberalisation in China, always end badly. The most famous, in April 1989, culminated in the Tiananmen Square massacre.
More than a quarter of a century after that tragedy, China’s capital has been flirting with an “environmental spring” of sorts. During a glorious run of clear blue skies earlier this year, even Greenpeace reported that the city’s notorious air pollution had taken a turn for the better.
But like so many political springs before it, Beijing’s environmental spring suddenly seems to be fading.
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