Comments on: While US Embassy Pollution Index Measured 755 Last Night, Beijing’s Official Air Quality Index Was “Out Of Service” [UPDATE: Video] http://beijingcream.com/2013/01/us-embassy-pollution-index-measures-886-beijing-aqi-out-of-service/ A Dollop of China Tue, 22 Jan 2019 17:42:34 +0000 hourly 1 By: lol http://beijingcream.com/2013/01/us-embassy-pollution-index-measures-886-beijing-aqi-out-of-service/#comment-216110 Sun, 13 Jan 2013 21:52:30 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=9068#comment-216110 Isn’t it obvious? The excessive pollution broke the Chinese station’s low quality sensors. A perfect storm of poor quality products and pollution.

]]> By: Anthony Tao http://beijingcream.com/2013/01/us-embassy-pollution-index-measures-886-beijing-aqi-out-of-service/#comment-216098 Sun, 13 Jan 2013 15:27:48 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=9068#comment-216098 http://www.chinaairdaily.com/#Beijing

]]> By: fdawei David http://beijingcream.com/2013/01/us-embassy-pollution-index-measures-886-beijing-aqi-out-of-service/#comment-216088 Sun, 13 Jan 2013 10:03:27 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=9068#comment-216088 Why can’t the Beijing government, the central government and other government mayors in China “Come Clean” (LOL) about this rather than obfuscating, blurring details and conveniently having the main AQI system in Beijing out of service for 12 hours.
We can see it, breathe it and become ill from this blight on society (2012?), but the leadership are blinded by their dystopian view of their world.
To make matters worse, if one should have to buy medicine in any quantity from a pharmacy, you are obliged, by some vague law, to present either your passport or ID card and are then limited to one or two packs of whichever medicine you select. Your purchase is also recorded in what appears to be a huge doomsday book, duly filled in by the dispensing clerk.
Absolutely frightening !

]]> By: Jonathan Alpart http://beijingcream.com/2013/01/us-embassy-pollution-index-measures-886-beijing-aqi-out-of-service/#comment-216085 Sun, 13 Jan 2013 05:47:16 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=9068#comment-216085 r/expatragedump

]]> By: V http://beijingcream.com/2013/01/us-embassy-pollution-index-measures-886-beijing-aqi-out-of-service/#comment-216084 Sun, 13 Jan 2013 05:38:11 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=9068#comment-216084 The aqi was 755 not 886

]]> By: terroir http://beijingcream.com/2013/01/us-embassy-pollution-index-measures-886-beijing-aqi-out-of-service/#comment-216082 Sun, 13 Jan 2013 05:07:27 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=9068#comment-216082 Can anyone direct the link for the website that has a daily shot of the BJ City skyline in which the beautiful vista can be seen in its beautiful shades of mustard and ochre?

I have my own “impressionist landscape” that I’d love to add to some communal suffering pool, if it exists. A sub-Reddit, maybe?

]]> By: Elizabeth http://beijingcream.com/2013/01/us-embassy-pollution-index-measures-886-beijing-aqi-out-of-service/#comment-216081 Sun, 13 Jan 2013 04:56:32 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=9068#comment-216081 The US Embassy tweets features two numbers: the first one is micrograms per cubic meter and the second is AQI. The chart is for AQI, so you want to look at the second number in the tweet. The tweet you have screenshot is AQI 755, not 886.

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