“The timing of this summit could hardly have been worse. Beijing authorities were forced to issue their first red alert due to smog levels earlier this month” (Paragraph 5). Brown briefly touches on this topic, while Tang explains how it affects Chinese citizens. The red alert lasted several days. Most of Beijing's citizens were seriously affected by the smog. Some had to be rushed to hospital as the smog worsened. Tang did a better job of capturing the audience's emotion when talking about China's first red alert. Brown acknowledged the local problems facing Chinese citizens. “A visit to Sichuan province – a former steel town on the outskirts of Chengdu where a factory closed nine months ago after being labeled a big polluter – reveals that 16,000 workers have lost their jobs” (Paragraph 18) . We can tell that Brown has done her research when she talks about the postmen that were shut down in Chengdu. This is an effective way to grab the reader's attention. Even if 16,000 people lost their jobs, that doesn't represent the amount of pollution avoided in the atmosphere. Brown made it seem like he was sympathizing with employees losing their jobs, instead of seeing all the pollution avoided. The Tang argument attracted public attention