Comments on: Beijing Air Quality Is Bad. Will We Ever Get Over It? http://beijingcream.com/2014/04/beijing-air-quality-is-bad-can-we-get-over-it-already/ A Dollop of China Tue, 22 Jan 2019 17:42:34 +0000 hourly 1 By: Jonathan Alpart http://beijingcream.com/2014/04/beijing-air-quality-is-bad-can-we-get-over-it-already/#comment-267048 Mon, 14 Apr 2014 03:30:47 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=23766#comment-267048 Why’d you say SmartAir is “making money off others’ fears?” They are doing a great thing by reducing the cost of a typical air filtration machine by 1000%. They even say they sell their filters at factory price. I’m pretty sure that it is a social enterprise and not a for-profit company.

]]> By: Seahorse http://beijingcream.com/2014/04/beijing-air-quality-is-bad-can-we-get-over-it-already/#comment-267027 Mon, 14 Apr 2014 02:01:23 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=23766#comment-267027 In some parts of London contemporary sources noted how sometimes trees would be covered in soot from factories, and how many working class women had to work with sulphur on their bare skins in match factories. Don’t forget the use of child labour with the English campaigned so hard against to prevent industrialists from using it in the future.

]]> By: Thib http://beijingcream.com/2014/04/beijing-air-quality-is-bad-can-we-get-over-it-already/#comment-266929 Sun, 13 Apr 2014 03:40:10 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=23766#comment-266929 Indeed, but back in the days, the technology was not as advanced as today, and health risks linked to pollution weren’t as widely studied as today.

It is like saying that most of the US have been built using slaves, so it is ok for China to use slaves.

New century, new state, new ways to develop

]]> By: Jahar http://beijingcream.com/2014/04/beijing-air-quality-is-bad-can-we-get-over-it-already/#comment-266766 Sat, 12 Apr 2014 05:42:38 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=23766#comment-266766 Care to back that up? any sort of actual information would be nice.

]]> By: laowai88 http://beijingcream.com/2014/04/beijing-air-quality-is-bad-can-we-get-over-it-already/#comment-266717 Sat, 12 Apr 2014 02:58:44 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=23766#comment-266717 People forget that China is in the middle of its Industrial Revolution.

Ask historians how bad the air was in places like London or Pittsburgh when England and the USA were industrializing…it was just as bad, if not worse.

]]> By: C. Custer http://beijingcream.com/2014/04/beijing-air-quality-is-bad-can-we-get-over-it-already/#comment-266621 Fri, 11 Apr 2014 14:29:20 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=23766#comment-266621 A fair point; probably the food is a more urgent health risk anyway.

That said, though, the New Delhi comparison is probably misleading. Even back in 1999, Beijing had TEN TIMES as many Americans as New Delhi and I’m sure that gap has only grown wider since. Is it really any surprise that the Beijing embassy would offer more services? Ulaanbataar has terrible air, too, but I’m guessing the embassy there doesn’t live-tweet pollution data either.

]]> By: Richard http://beijingcream.com/2014/04/beijing-air-quality-is-bad-can-we-get-over-it-already/#comment-266610 Fri, 11 Apr 2014 13:23:23 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=23766#comment-266610 I started experiencing minor respiratory issues after a few months of arriving in China. Back in my own country I was an avid runner who had no problems running half marathons. The air is bad in China, but lucky for me I can leave. My Chinese friends deserve better. India’s bad air, and the US bias against China does not change the situation in China. If people don’t complain, there won’t be any pressure to change things. I say keep the retweets going until the air quality catches up with the US.

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