Chinese man becomes first to sue government over severe smog

By Sui-Lee Wee BEIJING (Reuters) – A man in a smog-ridden northern city has become the first person in China to sue the government for failing to curb air pollution, a state-run newspaper reported on Tuesday. China's north is suffering a pollution crisis, with the capital Beijing itself shrouded in acrid smog. Li Guixin, a resident of Shijiazhuang, capital of the northern province of Hebei, submitted his complaint to a district court asking the city's Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau to "perform its duty to control air pollution according to the law", the Yanzhao Metropolis Daily said.