China’s Attempts to Clear Air Pollution Not Working
July 31, 2008 · Print This Article
7 days to go, and Beijing’s attempts to clean up its air quality before the Olympics aren’t looking successful at all. Despite very aggressive efforts, it’s just too little too late. Despite the fact that the skies are still filled with smog, officials deny that air pollution will lead to a need to postpone some events. In fact, they deny that the pollution is there at all.
From Breitbart.com:
“Sometimes it looks like it’s a foggy day, but the air quality is actually good,” Sun Weide, a spokesman for the Beijing Olympic Organising Committee, told AFP.
“Our confidence is based on our 10 years of effort (to clean up the air). We are now implementing a continued plan to ensure clear air during the Olympics.”
Chinese officials routinely refer to the city’s smog as “fog”.
Yeah, right. ‘Fog’. Keep telling people that, and over time they’ll really start to believe it, I’m sure. How crappy for Beijing’s residents. Once again, it’s clear that the government doesn’t care about their health – only about impressing foreigners during the games. Sad.
Link [Breitbart.com]
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Hi Stephanie,
I visited Beijing for 3 weeks last year. For the first two days I actually did believe it was very foggy in the city. It was only when we hadn’t seen the sun for over a week that I began to realise just how bad a problem pollution is in the city.
It’s the only place where you can really feel a strange texture in the air you breathe. Not pleasant, not at all.