Fu Lai Posted January 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2013 Oh well, it's China, they'll get around to fixin' the problem...just like we did.tsap seuiExactly. In perspective China began all this industrialization post-WWII and the USA began it about a hundred years earlier. Considering how fast the Chinese have caught up I expect they will have this cleared away as much as the USA and probably more so fairly quickly. People shouldn't see China as a USA threat, just a world leader as they have always been for thousands of years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy W Posted January 16, 2013 Report Share Posted January 16, 2013 The Airpocalypse (http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2013/01/16/interactive-beijing-before-and-during-the-airpocalypse/) - before http://online.wsj.com/media/0115cpoll_before.jpg Afterhttp://online.wsj.com/media/0115cpoll_after.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fu Lai Posted January 16, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2013 couldn't see the city or the lake from my window today... it is bad! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy W Posted January 16, 2013 Report Share Posted January 16, 2013 The groundhog sees his shadow - Beijingers see first sunshine in seven days http://english.people.com.cn/mediafile/201301/16/F201301161622462584130581.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fu Lai Posted January 16, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2013 (edited) Hot News * Who has stolen our air quality? LOL! Related ReadingBrown skies obscure 'beautiful China' ambitions Cold front to clear Beijing air Light snow eases air pollution in Beijing, more or less China orders more air quality early warnings Edited January 16, 2013 by Fu Lai (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsap seui Posted January 16, 2013 Report Share Posted January 16, 2013 My wife the other day commented on the snow before it melted off. In amazement she said "snow is two weeks old and still white....in China we have snow, snow soon black." I laughed and said, We don't have any busses and maybe 30 cars pass our house each day and In China you have more people in one block than we have in the whole county here." Only smog here is bird farts. tsap seui Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fu Lai Posted January 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2013 (edited) http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=2013.1.0.188.5bMOCc&id=15982134988http://img06.taobaocdn.com/bao/uploaded/i6/T1xT5CXe46XXXEVBbb_124736.jpg_310x310.jpgY1.5 Edited January 17, 2013 by Fu Lai (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted January 17, 2013 Report Share Posted January 17, 2013 http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=2013.1.0.188.5bMOCc&id=15982134988http://img06.taobaocdn.com/bao/uploaded/i6/T1xT5CXe46XXXEVBbb_124736.jpg_310x310.jpgY1.5This photo reminds me so much of the SARS outbreak in early 2003. Li and I were living down in Guangdong, not far from where the virus originated. There was a run on these masks and the store shelves were empty. Also, everyone bought up all the vinegar in order to burn it in the house to purify the air. Talk about price gouging - a small bottle of vinegar was going for 200 rmb. If we could, we would have come back to the States as, with my heart condition, the last thing I needed was SARS. Unfortunately, that was impossible. We were stuck in the famous visa Black Hole with an approved visa but no ability to pick it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fu Lai Posted January 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2013 my icbc bank just texted me an air quality alert, gotta love that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fu Lai Posted February 1, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2013 For practical information on the "Airpocalyse" overtaking Beijing and what you can do about it, check out: "Crazy Bad" Air Pollution - What To Do.Or contact PureLiving via their website: PureLiving China | Indoor Environmental Solutions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fu Lai Posted February 1, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2013 http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/photo/images/attachement/jpg/site1/20130131/0013729e42ea1274496a4c.jpg Chinese multimillionaire Chen Guangbiao demonstrates how to use his canned fresh air near a busy street in central Beijing, Jan 30, 2013. Chen, who made his fortune in the recycling business and is a high-profile philanthropist, on Wednesday handed out free soda pop-sized cans of air, purportedly from far-flung and pristine regions of China. [Photo/Agencies] http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/photo/images/attachement/jpg/site1/20130131/0013729e42ea127449764d.jpg Cans of fresh air are seen piled up before being given away by Chinese multimillionaire Chen Guangbiao, near a street on a hazy day in central Beijing, Jan 30, 2013. [Photo/Agencies] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy W Posted February 1, 2013 Report Share Posted February 1, 2013 They should import some of these from Yunnan (Xianggelila). She couldn't get me to breathe mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted February 1, 2013 Report Share Posted February 1, 2013 (edited) Fifty years ago, few would have believed that bottled water would be a big seller. So now, who will make a fortune selling canned air? Or maybe sell it in something like scuba gear, with small, portable tanks. Edited February 1, 2013 by Mick (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsap seui Posted February 1, 2013 Report Share Posted February 1, 2013 Great ideas....lol...I love that kind of stuff....canned fresh air. We were pickin' up my birthday cake today and Wenyan wanted to put candles on it...I found a 6 candle and a 3 candle...I didn't want a forest fire in the house with separate candles for each year. On our way out we met one of the lady's from our writers group and she kidded me about needing a fire extinguisher to blow out the candles. Gave me the idea....click.....why not have the Chinese make cans of compressed air for old timers to blow out their candles with at their birthdays. That way us old bastards could have our wishes come true, and eat the dang cake. Ya could sell the compressed air cans right there with the candles. tsap seuiI've got a call in to Mr. Wan Hunglow from Blow Me Industries in Liaoning Province, Fushun City, Chinartucky. Can't wait to see what he sez. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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