Coincidence and nice weather?
Monday, 07 May 2007, Written by Julien   
Anyone who stayed in Beijing last week could enjoy a great weather, sun, blue sky, ... Today, the sky is grey again. Many people ask me: it is so coincidental, is it natural or are there some manipulations by the government?

Actually, it is not so coincidental. When we think about it, it is even quite logical:
  • the sky is grey because of the smog, coming directly from the pollution,
  • the main origin of the pollution is human activity, including industries, construction, cars...
  • when most of the people are on holiday, like last week, human activity is drastically reduced, the pollution is much lower and no smog hides the blue sky.

This morning, activity started again and the smog is also back to work...

However, the Weather Control Bureau still uses its tools to clear the sky when need be. For example, the rain on April 30th, the night just before May 1st military parade, seems quite suspicious.
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Mike wrote :
Congratulations for this very interesting blog.

I am not an expert about pollution but like many people, i worry about it, especially since i am living in china.



I used the Sepa website to generate this page to compare the pollution index between the 3 biggest cities in china :

http://canton.supadezign.co...



Some other information i found online :

http://www.iht.com/images/2...

http://www.spiegel.de/inter...
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2007-05-11 10:22:53
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