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DRAWING UP A NEW BLUEPRINT 　　Choking smog lingered， covering an area of 1.43 million square km in central and east China， an area more than twice the size of France， for a whole week starting from February 20. 　　Beijing and part of the neighboring Hebei Province suffered most. On February 25， readings of PM 2.5， fine particulate matter 2.5 microns or less in diameter， in different parts of Beijing exceeded 300 micrograms per cubic meter， 12 times the level deemed safe by the World Health Organization. 　　In the country’s capital city， break time exercise for students was moved from playground