If you are planning to travel to China, we strongly recommend you to get canned ‘Air of Beijing’ as a souvenir. This can contains the polluted air of the Chinese city. The product, which costs four euros, is described as a unique mixture of “nitrogen, oxygen and some other substances”.


Everything has its origin. The Chinese government issued an alert in 2014 due to the high level of air pollution in this city. Despite the effort to lessen its effects, it has not been enough to reduce the risk to people. Beijing residents are desperately trying to prevent their lungs from taking in the smog-polluted air typical in the city.


After seeing a number of companies succeed in canning fresh air from countries such as France, Canada or Australia and selling it in China, Dominic Johnson-Hill, a British-born Beijing citizen and souvenir store owner, decided to make the idea in his head come true and sell the Beijing air can in China and abroad.. “I had seen people going crazy about buying canned air from Canada and Australia, so I thought it was time to take the business elsewhere.”confessed the businessman.
The idea of canning and offering the poor quality air for sale as a souvenir turned out to be a resounding success.