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Illuminated Boat Floats Along Coast of Smog Enshrouded City

Image: A tourist boat, decorated with green lights, travels on the Pearl River amid heavy haze in Guangzhou.
A tourist boat, decorated with green lights, travels on the Pearl River amid heavy haze in Guangzhou, Guangdong province March 3, 2014. China's environment ministry has vowed to 'harshly punish' factories and power plants that contributed to a hazardous smog which enveloped much of Northern China, official state media reported.ALEX LEE / Reuters

A tourist boat, decorated with green lights, travels on the Pearl River amid heavy haze in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, on Monday. China's environment ministry has vowed to 'harshly punish' factories and power plants that contributed to a hazardous smog which has enveloped much of Northern China, official state media reported.