I like this bog, but I'm not trying to date any of the local women, just looking for NSA fun. But, unfortunately, so many of them are so traditional, which makes it hard.

Most weather apps already include wind, both direction and speed. My basic Weather.com app has it. As long as you know that stronger winds from the north mean it's CLEAN, stronger winds from the south mean SMOG, you've got it.

Sure that's a good point bluefish, but personally I'm not getting wind forecasts for tomorrow as part of my regular news diet.

This app may not be perfect but its a step in the right direction

Hi, when I visited the Suning on Chaoyangmenwai Dajie last July they had them in stock. But I didn't purchase one as I discovered that Kindles in China are locked to the Amazon.cn bookstore which has a scant selection of English books and imported titles. I'm also not aware of a Suning in Sanlitun, perhaps you're refering to the Shundian in the basement of the Village?

Um. Why exactly is it scary? Don't you just delete the annoying lil messages and it's over?

Annoying, yes... But scary? Really?

There's no need for an app for this. You too can do it, provided you have a brain.

If the wind is or is forcasted to begin blowing from the north or northeast, the smog will clear out. A wind of less than 7mph is not sufficient to get the smog much below 250. Once it gets beyond 9mph the smog will clear fairly well.

It takes approximately 1-2 hours for E or SE or SW wind to blow the smog back in.

This is an almost foolproof method of predicting the smog levels for a week at a time. I haven't been wrong yet this year, telling people which days of the week they can count on clearing skies. The only time you cannot count on this is during the spring sand storms, when winds from the west are as likely to bring in sand as they are to clear out smog.

In the end, very little else matters. Taking cars off the street or closing down a few factories doesn't do much of anything, unless taken to the extreme: i.e. every factory for miles closed down for days at time. These kinds of measures-absent a change in wind-can only mean a difference between a high of 400 and a high of 300, which ultimately doesn't make much difference to how you're going to live your life. All that matters is the wind.

And of course shutting down outdoor BBQs is pretty much the equivalent of treating that cancerous mole by putting some bacitracin on it and covering it with a bandaide.

Wind people. That's all you need to know.

have you tried amazon china?

they're very different.

hanggai tends to be more along the rock side of things whereas Ajinai is reaching for a more traditional audience and sounds. Both are just freaking good.