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Over in Beijing high level of air pollution is raising concerns.
The Chinese capital has issued its first pollution alert as weather authorities are forecasting heavy smog over the next three days.
The city is under a yellow alert -- the second-highest level out of a four-color coded system introduced in October last year.
According to China's environmental monitoring agencies the current concentration of fine dust particles is at around 3-hundred-70 micrograms per cubic meter.
Anything over 3-hundred is considered hazardous.
Authorities are asking the elderly to refrain from outdoor activities, for people to use public transportation, and to wear masks.

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