Washington Post: Every so often a seminal book or powerful movie alters the way we see the world around us.
In the past three weeks, an online documentary about air pollution in China called Under the Dome has done exactly that for the peoples republic. Made by a well-known China Central Television newscaster Chai Jing, the film drew more than 150 million viewers in the first days after Chai posted it online. In the film, Chai, dressed casually in jeans and a white blouse, paces back and forth on a stage in...