Smog aids criminal in regulator's popular novel

摘要

A novel written by an environmental regulator has gone viral in China with its plot of a burglar whose break-ins are shielded from view by the country's blanket of pollution. Author Li Chunyuan said his work as deputy director of the Environmental Protection Bureau in the city of Langfang in Hebei province inspired him to write "Smog is Coming," which was published in June 2014.