China’s smog-covered high-speed trains go viral

A Beijing official confirmed that the grime covering high-speed trains in Beijing was likely to have been caused by smog. Photo: Handout.

BEIJING: Photographs of high-speed trains in Beijing covered in a thick layer of grime after passing through the severe smog that is shrouding the north of the country have gone viral in China.

The Economic Daily newspaper published a series of pictures on Wednesday showing the outside of two high-speed trains covered in dirt, which immediately took the internet by storm.