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No matter where you are in China, coal dust is what you see in the air. Here in the South, we don't see the increase in pollution in the winter due to the municipal heating systems, but all the way down to Sanya, industry is heavily dependent on coal - and it shows in the air we breathe. The jobs and economy that depend so heavily on coal consumption will complicate things for a long time. This video from the NY Times is a pretty good assessment of the situation https://www.nytimes.com/video/players/offsite/index.html?videoId=100000003425188 Chinese co-exist with coal Mass Layoffs in China’s Coal Country Threaten Unrest
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. . . in the WSJ Benefits of Breathing: Beijing’s Olympic Babies Born Heavier, Study Findshttp://si.wsj.net/public/resources/images/BN-ID062_pollut_G_20150428085542.jpg A baby accepts nebulizer therapy at Beijing Children’s Hospital in Beijing after excessive levels of air pollution hit the capital in early 2013.
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in the SCMP. The "policymaker" is "James Lents, former executive officer of California's South Coast Air Quality Management District" China's ability to tackle air pollution doubtful, says veteran US policymaker US policymaker casts doubt on capital's ability to reclaim its blue skies, citing lack of detailed emissions data and targeted approaches
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Serious air pollution plagues most major Chinese cities, where environmental protection has been long sacrificed for the sake of economic development. Coal burning and car emissions are major sources of pollution. Beijing's skyscrapers receded into a dense gray smog Thursday as the capital saw the season's first wave of extremely dangerous pollution, with the concentration of toxic small particles registering more than two dozen times the level considered safe. The smog has become so thick in Beijing that the city's natural light-starved masses have begun flocking to huge digital commercial television screens across the city to observe virtual sunrises. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/16/beijing-air-pollution_n_4607200.html?ir=World
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Now this is just downright scary - who knew that concrete and steel, mixed with a little bit of PM2.5 coal dust, would burn like this? It also seems that they were fortunate that the smoke was even visible through the haze. Shopping mall under construction catches fire in Tianjin http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/photo/2014-09/21/133659377_14112613387521n.jpg
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Okay ex-pats in China, fess up, do you wear a mask to combat your inhalation of pollution?
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. Hopefully, this means they might do something about it - from the Global Times 'Poisonous chemicals' found in Jan smog
