| If you can't get the air cleaner, just change the way you measure! |
| Sunday, 03 February 2008, Written by Julien | |
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The changes that occurred in the measurement and communication of Beijing air quality goes further than just not providing detailed data (see my previous post). Beijing environment bureau decided to change a bit the way it measures the pollution: they removed stations downtown and created new ones in the country side. So there are still 27 stations and the average of the measures still gives the overall result for Beijing. However, among the new stations, there is one in Badaling and at Miyun reservoir. For those not familiar with Beijing, Miyun reservoir is in the mountain, about one hour out of Beijing. As the water is to be drunk by millions of Beijingers, no activity is allowed next to the lake (neither industry nor transportation). For sure, the quality of the air there is among the best in all Beijing province! Comments
Spock wrote :
Since probably 90% of Beijing (the province-like region) is outside the actual city, they could put 90% of the stations in the countryside, and still claim to have an accurate geographical average. This is where ambiguity over the name "Beijing" (name of the city, and also name of the province-like region) helps to confuse matters. Also, forget about saying "Beijing City" if you want to refer to the city only, because "Beijing City" is the official name of, you guessed it, the province-like region.
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