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Beijing

Air pollution fakers exposed

Authorities carrying out air pollution inspections recently found a number of companies faking monitoring data. The Ministry of Environmental Protection reported four cases in which automatic monitoring equipment malfunctioned or where companies interfered with data collection, according to the ministry's website. The inspection teams have been conducting on-site checks in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region and nearby areas, where smog has raised widespread concern.