Feature: Chinese company's "Blue Sky Projects" help Iraq's oil-rich Basra clear its air

by Xinhua writer Duan Minfu

BASRA, Iraq, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) -- Hussein takes a deep breath as he rolls down his car window during his morning commute, something unthinkable just a few years ago in this oil-rich city where black smoke once dominated the skyline.

"The air in Basra is much better now," says Hussein, a petroleum engineer who, like many locals, has witnessed a remarkable transformation in this i