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Depends where and when. China has largely fixed its air quality problems as of 2024.
by diebeforei485 3y ago
Depends where and when. China has largely fixed its air quality problems as of 2024.
- nikkwong 3y agoI’m in China right now and I can unequivocally tell you that this is not true. I can hardly see the sun and it’s not due to overcast weather.
- diebeforei485 3y agoIt depends where in China. Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Chongqing, Wuhan, Xi'an, Hangzhou, Qingdao, Dalian, are all doing well. There is more to the country than Beijing and Shanghai (even Shanghai is much improved).
- NickC25 3y agoThey did so for the Olympics by stopping a lot of polluters from operating. As soon as the games left town, the pollution came back.
- em-bee 3y agobeijing's air quality did not get worse after the olympics. (edited to clarify)
- PNewling 3y agoI decided just to google Beijing air quality and both results came back... Not so good. "Dangerous Any exposure to the air, even for a few minutes, can lead to serious health effects on everybody. Avoid outdoor activities." https://www.accuweather.com/en/cn/beijing/101924/air-quality-index/101924 https://www.accuweather.com/en/cn/beijing/101924/air-quality... "Very Unhealthy Health warnings of emergency conditions. The entire population is more likely to be affected." https://aqicn.org/city/beijing/ https://aqicn.org/city/beijing/ So not sure I fully believe that.
- em-bee 3y agotrue, but it wasn't any better during the olympics and i think it was much worse before that. i only got there shortly before the olympics so all i can confirm is that it did not get any worse after. according to this report air quality in beijing continuously improved for the last few decades: https://www.unep.org/resources/report/review-20-years-air-pollution-control-beijing https://www.unep.org/resources/report/review-20-years-air-po...
- diebeforei485 3y agoThere is more to China than just Beijing.
- em-bee 2y agoyes, but the olympics were mainly in beijing, so when it comes to the question of what happened with the air quality after the olympics, beijing matters the most.
- ApolloFortyNine 3y agoSource for this being categorically false [1]. [1] https://www.iqair.com/us/china/beijing https://www.iqair.com/us/china/beijing See the list of cities in China on the left for more...
- diebeforei485 3y agoIt depends where in China. Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Chongqing, Wuhan, Xi'an, Hangzhou, Qingdao, Dalian, are all doing well. There is more to the country than Beijing and Shanghai (even Shanghai is much improved).
- drozycki 3y agoIt’s worth mentioning that each country develops its own AQI scale, so comparisons between countries are meaningless.