Tag Archives: air quality

Why is the air quality in Ningbo so bad? A government official explains

Pollution in Ningbo has apparently been very bad of late, with ubiquitous fog, occasional dust storms and a gloomy dusk hanging over the city like a “layer of cotton yarn”. So the local Modern Express (现代快报) from Zhejiang province decided to try … Continue reading

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Kunming to start monitoring air quality

The front-page headline in today’s Spring City Evening News: “Kunming will begin measuring PM 2.5.” PM stands for “particulate matter.” According to the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), particles pose a health risk if they are less than 10 micrometers in diameter … Continue reading

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Blue skies over Beijing

Blue skies return to the capital after a week of smog and soupy air.

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Strong wind: clear air again in Beijing

A strong wind dispersed the pollution hovering above Beijing’s sky and made yesterday a “first grade day” of superb air quality.

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Pollution wussies go quiet

Air pollution in Beijing: it’s not killing the athletes.

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Expensive resignation

Zheng Zhihong (郑志宏), a airliner pilot, was judged by court to pay his employer, China Eastern Airlines, 1.4 million yuan in compensation to end his work contract.

The China Eastern Airline asked for 12.57 million yuan from Zheng to compensate the training cost that has been spent on him.

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Danwei Picks: Revolutionary heroes

Lu Jinbo on Internet publishing; dodgy air quality figures; Olympic logos; Cuba; heroes no longer revolutionary.

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The first snows of Beijing 2008

Snow in Beijing.

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Danwei Picks: 2008-01-10

James Fallows on the Chinese dollar surplus, the Tianmen chengguan beating, and how Beijing is fudging its clear-air numbers.

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Beijing air ‘moderate’

After a few lung-crunching days of awful air quality, Beijing’s pollution level is now at a level termed ‘moderate’, with a down town Air Pollution Index number of 72. Strong winds seem to have blown the gunk away. See this … Continue reading

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