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I'm Steve Hatherly today with Nyong Lin and Yu Shan.
Coming up, what happens when a subway system needs to pay its bills?
In China, the answer is a radical makeover.
Stations are being transformed from transit points into bustling commercial hubs,
merging your commute with your grocery run.
Subway stations are getting a facelift.
After that, third-hand smoke.
Have you even heard of it?
It hides in our buildings in ways that are not obvious,
but that does not mean that it's not incredibly dangerous.
topic long misunderstood and perhaps even long ignored,
study results are now pushing governments to take action.
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Not long ago, subway stations in China were purely functional spaces, crowded,