China Economic Shutdown Hasn’t Brought Blue Skies to Beijing

China is in the midst of an unprecedented economic shutdown, but you wouldn’t know it from looking at the gray skies in Beijing.

Pollution in the capital has soared to the highest level in three years, and will likely worsen Thursday before starting to improve on Friday, according to the National Meteorological Center. It’s happening even as most of the usual suspects for smog -- cars, factories and fireworks -- have been crimped by government controls to stop the spread of the coronavirus.