admin's picture admin Submitted by Guest on Mon, 01/06/2014 - 11:18

As bad as Shanghai's air was last month, they had 8 good days to our 6:

http://shanghaiist.com/2014/01/06/shanghai_recorded_only_8_days_of_go.php

Chart from http://www.bjepb.gov.cn/bjepb/323474/331443/331937/333896/383912/index.html (Chinese only)

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britomart's picture britomart Submitted by Guest on Mon, 01/06/2014 - 08:46

But... It's not like Beijing can do much about it until the winds stop blowing from the south, and the gummit stops turning a blind eye to all those factories down south who are ignoring China's emissions regulations. And that's just not going to happen anytime soon... The economy is about to take a nosedive. Or is already in the process. They can't make those factories curtail production, much less shut down. And clean air will always be sacrificed to keep the economy afloat.

Doubt wisely; in strange way / To stand inquiring right is not to stray; / To sleep, or run wrong, is. (Donne, Satire III)

kjohehir's picture kjohehir Submitted by Guest on Sat, 01/04/2014 - 17:31

Yes! A man who can actually see the seriousness of this situation. He was deported, so was his father. My students told me she is all over their we chat as The Dragon Lady" they all knew it was a scam, as injuried people are not able to start a small riot while climbing on the bike, proving she has no injuries. This goes through the embassy people, and for those having a laugh, if you have a foreign penis, you could be next in line for more "Game of Dragon Lady Thrones". She would have been arrested in the west for:

deliberately blocking intersection

making false accusations

attempting to steal bike ( jumping on a bike you don't own is called stealing in the West)

iattempting to incite a riot

fraud (2 month to ten years USA)

in the foreign court go opinion, every one of we foreign women have this woman's face burned in our memory. Can't wait to meet her and have a truthful discussion with no men, no police. Just a few educated foreign women to give her instructions and basic emergency English, including the definition of the word fraud. Ten years in the west. Enjoy your duck Dragon Woman, you won't get another opportunity now that you are the most famous dragon woman in Beijing! Enjoy!

admin's picture admin Submitted by Guest on Fri, 01/03/2014 - 15:38

also: apparently SNL is already launched on Sohu.

Quote:
SNL quietly premiered on Sohu.com on Dec. 23, but the company officially announced the debut at the Beijing event today.

how do we get to see it? Anyone know the time of broadcast and how to tune in?

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britomart's picture britomart Submitted by Guest on Fri, 01/03/2014 - 14:39

Sorry to be the editing nerd... just... you know...

KippWhittaker wrote:

The Hollywood Reporter announced that Chinese Video site Sohu will launch Saturday Night Live on it’s web based media platform this week...

... on its web-based media platform...

KippWhittaker wrote:

... a strong Chinese debut won’t hurt its already envious box office earnings.

... its already enviable office earnings.

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admin's picture admin Submitted by Guest on Fri, 01/03/2014 - 10:51

For even more, visit this other wrap-up of other China-related Year-in-Review posts from Anthony Tao at BeijingCream:

http://beijingcream.com/2013/12/china-2013-year-in-review-as-reviewed-by-you/

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admin's picture admin Submitted by Guest on Fri, 01/03/2014 - 05:29

OK the Beijing Environmental Protection Bureau doesn't agree: they say automotive exhaust contributes 22% to thr city's pollution:

Beijing sees little improvement in air quality in 2013

"A report released by the Chinese Academy of Sciences on Monday said secondary inorganic aerosols — fine, solid particles comprising sulfate and nitrate that result from a photochemical reaction — are responsible for 26 percent of Beijing's PM2.5, whereas vehicle emissions account for about 4 percent.

However, the bureau contradicted that report on Thursday, saying that automobile emissions are still the major source of PM2.5 in Beijing.

Figures from the bureau reveal that automobile emissions account for 22.2 percent of PM2.5 concentration, after pollution from neighboring provinces (24.5 percent).

It is followed by coal consumption (16.7 percent), industrial pollution (16.3 percent) and dust (15.8 percent)."

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britomart's picture britomart Submitted by Guest on Thu, 01/02/2014 - 09:03

admin wrote:

...and finally secondary inorganic aerosols (26%).

The academy did not further analyze the largest single component of the foul air -- secondary inorganic aerosols – which are not primary sources of pollution but rather byproducts of photochemical reactions with primary emissions such as sulphur dioxide. Skeptics will wonder if this might not be a way to hide unpleasant realities.

That was exactly what I was wondering when I read this article. Does that make me one of the unnamed skeptics?

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squid's picture squid Submitted by Guest on Thu, 01/02/2014 - 00:27

I had said something very similar to this, several weeks back on this site. there is no way that private passenger vehicles are causing the kind of pollution we see in Beijing. In Beijing it is heavy particle smog, and modern cars just don't have much of that. Some of the industrial trucks and buses are a relevant cause, so doing something about them would help, but trying to control personal cars might help traffic, but will do nothing about the smog.