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China: Shanghai smog prompted flight cancellations

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Shanghai's air pollution has come down to moderate levels after smog engulfed the city leading to flight cancellations and halting production at factories, Bloomberg reported.

Non-governmental environmental organization Greenpeace said the pollution may be coming from coal power plants and factories. In March 2013, Chen Jiping, a former leading member of the Communist Party's Committee of Political and Legislative Affairs, said pollution was the leading cause of social unrest in China.

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