How China Cleaned Its Filthy Air While India Continues to Choke

  • India has overtaken China with most polluting cities
  • World Bank report shows pollution can cut GDP growth
Smoggy conditions in New Delhi on Nov. 13.Photographer: Money Sharma/AFP/Getty Images
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India and China have each struggled with throat-searing air pollution blanketing their major cities with the onset of winter. Only one country has succeeded in tackling the problem.