But as attention and pressure mounts, the Chinese government has responded; it is now devoting $275 billion (roughly the GDP of Hong Kong) to fighting air pollution over the next five years.
In time Baïkal meets a remote community that, like him, is now devoted to overthrowing Globalia.
But here, where thousands turned out for his funeral in 1929, the famous and the luckless, and where a small museum is now devoted solely to him, it's a different story.
"It's more lit up here, it's more alive," said Chris, who occasionally bet the horses but is now devoted to the casino.
It's ironic that Saturday morning TV, which was once prime kids' territory, is now devoted to grownup cookery shows.
There, an entire downtown block is now devoted to Basque institutions.
About 12 percent of the Earth's land mass is now devoted to farmland.
About half the center's area is now devoted to 18 new luxury suites.
The majority of her practice is now devoted to cosmetic treatments, she said.
More than one-fifth of the American corn crop is now devoted to ethanol.
