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Smog documentary blocked after it goes viral
A hard-hitting video investigation into Chinaâs grave air pollution problem has been pulled from mainstream video sites, days after it garnered more than 150 million hits online
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hard-hitting video investigation into China's grave air pollution problem has been pulled from mainstream video sites, days after it garnered more than 150 million hits online.
Under the Dome, an independent documentary produced by former Chinese state media journalist Chai Jing, was no longer available on popular mainland video sites, including Youku and iQiyi, as of Saturday afternoon.
A link on Youku's website that previously led to the video now prompts the message: 'We're very sorry, Youku was unable to find the page you requested'.
The 103-minute documentary '- hailed by some as China's Inconvenient Truth -- remains available on YouTube, which is blocked in China.
The video's disappearance comes as the country's top annual political meeting, the National People's Congress (NPC), is underway in Beijing, under thick white skies and with the city's air quality registering as 'very unhealthy', according to a US embassy reading.
