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Beijing Air Pollution: Epic Fail?
Author: Demerzel10 Jul
Looks like Beijing is going to have to try a lot harder with less than a month left:
4/7 days Beijing failed to meet its air pollution standards for the Beijing Olympics which were generous. Only 1/7 days made it if Beijing was not given some slack.
How bad is it? Take a look at what Beijing Olympic Games 2008 has:
That said, there is some hope–if the Chinese government can work overtime to get the pollution down (no cars, stopping all construction, shutting down power plants in Hubei), then it really would look as nice as this:
That is one helluva difference.
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2 Responses for "Beijing Air Pollution: Epic Fail?"
Yes, when I was visiting Hong Kong it tended to look the same as the before picture. Being from San Francisco, I was thinking “Boy, it sure is foggy a lot here!” Finally I realized it was just pollution. Yick.
And HK is not nearly as bad as how Beijing can be particularly with sandstorms.
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