Building boom in China's tropics as Beijing's 'smog refugees' flee toxic air

Jaded urbanites keen to outrun hustle and bustle of country's big smoke put down roots near border with Myanmar and LaosIt was on 3 January last year, days after Beijing's last major airpocalypse, that Ji Feng began to put into action his plan to escape one of the world's most polluted cities.After more than two decades as a resident of China's smog-choked capital, he boarded a flight for Jinghong, an azure-skied river town in Yunnan province, close to China's borders with Myanmar and Laos. Continue reading...