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  8. 74 Chinese cities release real-time PM2.5 data

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    BEIJING - Starting Tuesday, real-time air quality monitoring data on PM2.5 intensity in China's 74 major cities is available at the website of http://www.cnemc.cn.

     

    The move is considered a big improvement in air quality monitoring, made at the strong request of the public.

     

    Information on particulate matter in China used to be limited to PM10, or particulate matter 10 microns or less in diameter.

    There has been public demand in recent years for data on PM2.5, a gauge that monitors fine particulate matter with a diameter of 2.5 microns or less. It is considered to be more hazardous to people's health.

     

    A total of 496 monitoring sites have been set up in the 74 cities.

     

    According to data released by the Beijing Municipal Environmental Monitoring Center, overall air quality of Beijing at 4 pm Tuesday ranked "level II" or "fairly good", with an average air quality indices (AQI) reading of 67.

     

    The PM2.5 pollution reading in southwest Beijing's Fengtai district and southern suburb Daxing district were marked at 111 and 176 respectively, or "slight pollution" and "medium pollution."

     

    Data was collected from more than 20 monitoring sites across the capital city and will be updated every 15-40 minutes.

    PM2.5 intensity and other air quality information in these 74 cities can also be available through mobile phones.

     

    China is proceeding with its urban air quality monitoring program in stages and aims to make it cover all prefecture-level cities by 2016. (Xinhua)

     

    Search by city etc. http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http://www.cnemc.cn/citystatus/airMap.jsp&usg=ALkJrhjKthpntTquyTaEUbVivekahJX1Wg

     

    My city of Wuhan is NOT available. :(

  9. Spring Festival 2013 Destination: Xiamen!

    in The Middle Kingdom - 中国

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    Xiamen, is one of my favorite cities. Tai Tai, lived there for years and it's where we met. Very clean very up-scale city. Hop on the #2 bus and you can tour the city for 1 yuan...Gulangyu, is a good place to stay for a couple nights. The old guns and fort at Hu Li Shan. There's several temples with good groceries and a newly built on atop a big hill. A side trip south would be to the area of Tulou to see the 700 year old round communal homes. Now when we return it's to Fuzhou, which I don't recommend. Have a great trip! ZZ

    THANKS! I'll pick your two brains this week as it is my job to develop the itinerary. :)

  10. Spring Festival 2013 Destination: Xiamen!

    in The Middle Kingdom - 中国

  12. Spring Festival 2013 Destination: Xiamen!

    in The Middle Kingdom - 中国

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    The plane tickets are bought and the hotel is booked... we're going to - you guessed it - a place that features what my girl likes best: seafood. Tourist trap China vicinity of Xiamen.

     

    Flying into the 9th largest airport in the PRC, the international hub at Xiamen, we will proceed to dally on the island and shore of Southern China. What to do there? Well there are some things but I have to admit that this kind of trip is not exactly my dream destination. But museums, aquarium, historic spots, shopping and eating streets, plus the inevitable night cruises will fill our six day jaunt and surely empty our thin pockets. It is a honeymoon of sorts.

     

    I'll take one for the team and scheme how to get a nature trip in another time.

     

    Meanwhile I read up on some stuff to see there.

     

    Has anyone else hit this spot?

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  15. Spring Festival 2013 Destination: Guilin!

    in The Middle Kingdom - 中国

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    Latest on this is... the wife's work trip to Guilin has been changed to this month so it has thrown our plans into a tizzy. Stay tuned :D

     

    I am still getting used to the "winging it" of China plans so excuse me. Vietnam, Guilin, Thailand, Guangzhou and Shenzhen (friends are there) are all being discussed now. Whew. Me being a Capricorn and Pig astrological bent - we like making plans so I am trying to cope.

  21. China requires Internet users to register names

    in The Middle Kingdom - 中国

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    ... just merely making a statement about something that I don't think is right for the people of China... The difference is that I can do it here freely. In China folks of the CPC runs and controls everything... I am critical of the Chinese government... there are many things that need to be changed and they will get around to it... There are a few turds everywhere even here in the good ole USA. Larry
    So you disagree with a socialist/communist society scheme with Chinese characteristics, that's fine. I think it is funny when USA people talk about how free they are, with the most guns, military, laws and police of any country on Earth (and all the money in 1% of the hands).

     

    For me, after seeing how the USA people with an agenda play on the Internet I am fully behind China instituting this rule. The USA already monitors its citizens more than any country in the world so they teach the world how to do it.

  22. China requires Internet users to register names

    in The Middle Kingdom - 中国

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    Another newbie to China. We all went through this faze but after 8-10 years we old timers all know better now. Stick with it and come back and post how you feel then. Larry

     

    While I'm not a newbie to China I do think the Chinese government is no worse than the USA. OMG, we have to give our real name when we sign up for internet service!!! OMG WHAT A TRAVESTY! really it is amazing that this was not a rule to begin with, it is in the USA.

     

    Shucks, I just take it for granted, if I post something subversive to my government, they can easily trace me back to my name...and beyond. So what if I had to actually register my name to play on the internet....the powers to be in the US already know it if they cared to....

     

    Exactly

  24. China requiring people to visit their aged parents

    in The Middle Kingdom - 中国

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    Friday 28th December, 2012

    Elderly people in China empowered to seek legal help if neglected

     

    China National News

    http://www.chinanationalnews.com/photo_story/cae8fbd1d1551619.jpg

     

    • China has amended its law on the elderly to ensure adult children visit their aged parents "often" -- or risk being sued by them

    • The new clause will allow elderly parents who feel neglected by their children to take them to court.

    • China has nearly 167 million people aged over 60, and one million above 80.

     

    BEIJING - China Friday amended its law on the elderly to require that adult children visit their aged parents "often" - or risk being sued by them.

    The amendment however does not specify the frequency of such visits.

     

    State media say the new clause will allow elderly parents who feel neglected by their children to take them to court.

     

    A rapidly developing China is facing increasing difficulty in caring for its aging population. Three decades of market reforms have accelerated the breakup of the traditional extended family in China, and there are few affordable alternatives, such as retirement or care homes, for the elderly or others unable to live on their own.

     

    Breakup of the traditional extended family in China over the last few decades is increasingly seeing the elderly people being left to fend for themselves.

    With few affordable alternatives, such as retirement or care homes for the elderly, most are forced to live on their own with no state security to fall back on. The lot of the elderly is thus generally worrying.

     

    Reports suggest a growing number of elderly Chinese have been abandoned or neglected by their offspring.

     

    Earlier this month, state media reported that in the prosperous eastern province of Jiangsu a woman in her 90s had been forced by her son to live in a pig pen for two years. Reports of parents being abused or neglected, or of children seeking control of their elderly parents' assets without their knowledge have become frequent..

     

    China has nearly 167 million people aged over 60, and one million above 80.

     

    China's family planning policies that limit most families to a single child is seeing a situation where elderly parents have few alternatives if their child abandons them.

     

    Increasing life expectancy from 41 to 73 over five decades poses its share of risks to the country's social and economic stability with the number of elderly rising faster compared to the proportionately shrinking working population.

     

    Search for employment often sees the children settling in industrial hubs far from their parents, who are left to fend for themselves.

     

    In the last two years, elder-abuse cases in Hong Kong have risen 15%, the South China Morning Post reported earlier this year. "Because of Chinese culture, elderly people are reluctant to reveal the disgraceful affairs of their families," the director of one advocacy group, Against Elderly Abuse, told the newspaper.

     

    While the new law is partially intended to sustain the family unity that may be starting to fray in China, it's also an attempt to ensure that the oldest and weakest members of society are cared for.

  25. China requiring people to visit their aged parents

    in The Middle Kingdom - 中国

    Posted · Edited by Fu Lai (see edit history)

    It is sad this has to be legislated. Family care is a main reason I chose China as my home. Shame on those selfish to not care for your elders...

    China requiring people to visit their aged parents

     

    BEIJING (AP) — Visit your parents. That's an order.

     

    So says China, whose national legislature on Friday amended its law on the elderly to require that adult children visit their aged parents "often" — or risk being sued by them.

     

    The amendment does not specify how frequently such visits should occur.

     

    State media say the new clause will allow elderly parents who feel neglected by their children to take them to court. The move comes as reports abound of elderly parents being abandoned or ignored by their children.

     

    A rapidly developing China is facing increasing difficulty in caring for its aging population. Three decades of market reforms have accelerated the breakup of the traditional extended family in China, and there are few affordable alternatives, such as retirement or care homes, for the elderly or others unable to live on their own.

     

    Earlier this month, state media reported that a grandmother in her 90s in the prosperous eastern province of Jiangsu had been forced by her son to live in a pig pen for two years. News outlets frequently carry stories about other parents being abused or neglected, or of children seeking control of their elderly parents' assets without their knowledge.

     

    The expansion of China's elderly population is being fueled both by an increase in life expectancy — from 41 to 73 over five decades — and by family planning policies that limit most families to a single child. Rapid aging poses serious threats to the country's social and economic stability, as the burden of supporting the growing number of elderly passes to a proportionately shrinking working population and the social safety net remains weak.

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