Beijing’s ‘Airpocalypse’ spurs pollution controls, public pressure

Alex Wang interviewed by National Public Radio, January 14, 2013

“There’s been clarity as to the severity of the problem, there’s more frequent disclosure of information, but what remains to be seen is whether more aggressive action will be taken to solve the problem,” says Alex Wang…. “In theory, with the greater transparency, that’s harder to do — the falsification or cheating the data. What will be interesting to see going forward is that now that they’ve become more transparent—releasing hourly data and so forth—does it actually force the regulators to take regulatory action?”