This is how Wang typically starts her day, trying to minimize the effects of the toxic environment in Beijing. But for Beijing's rising middle class and poorer residents, this high-end home equipment is financially out of reach. Published in November last year, the study analyzed over 3 million deaths across 74 cities throughout China in 2013. Beijing risks becoming a tale of two cities, a place where the rich and poor don't even breathe the same air. It adds upThe Wang family recently installed a fresh air filtering system, which cost them about $4,300.

Source: CNN January 16, 2017 01:38 UTC