New York Times: Chinas state leadership transition took place this month against an ominous backdrop. More than 13,000 dead pigs were found floating in a river that provides drinking water to Shanghai. A haze akin to volcanic fumes cloaked the capital, causing convulsive coughing and obscuring the portrait of Mao Zedong on the gate to the Forbidden City. So severe are Chinas environmental woes, especially the noxious air, that top government officials have been forced to openly acknowledge them. Fu Ying, the...