This Time-lapse Shows Just How Bad the Smog Problem Is in Beijing By Jared T. Miller The smog, which overtakes the Beijing skyline, prompted China to issue its first national red alert for “severe fog” and led to highway closures and hundreds of flight cancellations. Read More Tags: original video china smog timelapse environment More Jan. 9, 2017 Watch Now Would You Volunteer to be Infected With COVID-19? How Epidemics Made NYC Better The Story of a Coronavirus Infection This Time-lapse Shows Just How Bad Beijing’s Smog Problem Is