article_snippet: Many Internet users have compared it to "An Inconvenient Truth," the Oscar-winning documentary on former U.S. Vice President Al Gore's effort to raise awareness on the dangers of global warming.
article_snippet: Declaring a personal war against smog as a worried mother, Chai tries to dig deep in Chai self-funded documentary.
article_snippet: While there is no obvious hero in the video, the villain seems to be clear.
article_snippet: One text message of gratitude to Chai from the new minister of environmental protection -- who had been appointed only a day earlier -- has fueled suspicion among Chai critics that the video was nothing more than a government PR move.
article_snippet: Others even see the video as propaganda to prepare people for mass layoffs in overbuilt and inefficient state industries as the government restructures the economy.
article_snippet: Questions have also arisen on the science in the video -- including Chai's apparent linking smog to Chai baby daughter's tumor.
article_snippet: By late Sunday night, although the video remained online, all mention of the video had been scrubbed from homepages of web portals and news sites.
article_snippet: With discussions on the video shifting to social media, a common consensus seems to have emerged: Love a common consensus or hate a common consensus, Chai's documentary has stirred an important debate in a country where authorities censored air pollution data from the U.S. embassy as recently as November.
highlights_snippet: Documentary shot by former TV anchor after birth of child .
  