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Video: The Week focuses on the air pollution that has blanketed Beijing for the past two to three weeks. And it's really bad. Face mask sales have rocketed, temporarily selling out on Taobao, China's version of eBay. So the government started proposing ideas on how to clean up the air. But what's the immediate solution?

Bilingual: The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall took to the Tube in London on Wednesday and appeared mighty impressed.