Archived Where in the World Is Climate Change Denial Most Prevalent? (nytimes.com)
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A large part of Beijing's problem is that it's a massive city that's completely land locked. If you look at nearly all major cities of that size, they're by water so the winds can take away the pollution. There's about 20 million people in Beijing, and New York City, America's most populated city, has 8.5 million and is on a coast. Major urban centers don't work very well when they are land locked, at least when they're Asian super-city sized.
If the jet stream moves and doesn't bring the winds they need, like what happens with an El Nino in the US, the pollution is not swept away and just sits in the city.