War on pollution reaching stalemate, warns ministry

BEIJING: China’s war on pollution is at risk of reaching a “stalemate”, with poor weather conditions undermining the country’s efforts to reduce smog, an environment mi­­nistry spokesman said.

Air pollution rose by more than a quarter in parts of northern China in March, and the region has been hit by another bout of smog in the second half of April, which the Ministry of Ecology and Environ-ment (MEE) has blamed on weak air circulation.