In their inimitable way, the fine people at the Onion have used a new UN report on air pollution as the source for this satirical report. China is now the world’s worst (or best–I suppose it depends on one’s perspective) air polluter. Some memorable quotes from the Chinese “Ambassador” interviewed in the report:
“The labor of my people have [sic] made the sky black with the smoke of progress. We are overjoyed!”
“The sky over China is now a rainbow of grays reflecting all the shades of our prosperity.”
“Close to one million people will die of cancer in China this year. Cancer is a very modern disease!”
Clouds, Clocks, and Sitting at Tables 