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liberal N proud

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4. I was in Beijing in 2011 and it was terrible then

Reply to alp227 (Original post)

Sat Jan 12, 2013, 04:07 PM

Jan 2013

When the plane landed, you couldn't see anything past the airport perimeter. The hotel I stayed in was near one of the ring roads, you could almost see the buildings across the street. The air was green/grey.

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Beijing air pollution soars to hazard level [View all] alp227 Jan 2013 OP

Take a deep breath China TheGov97 Jan 2013 #1

Welcome to DU! alp227 Jan 2013 #2

yup brandonk Jan 2013 #10

Gee...I wonder if they would sell us some of that stuff.? We buy everything else from them. BlueJazz Jan 2013 #3

I was in Beijing in 2011 and it was terrible then liberal N proud Jan 2013 #4

I was there too in Dec. 2011, saw lots of haze as well. alp227 Jan 2013 #8

My husband travels there on business and says its horrible... Pachamama Jan 2013 #5

was there last year and traveled Locrian Jan 2013 #16

surprised? heaven05 Jan 2013 #6

China has 620 jonthebru Jan 2013 #7

Most households still use blocks of compressed coal dust Warpy Jan 2013 #9

They should consider sacrificing 5% of GDP in the short run to address this. David__77 Jan 2013 #11

wow - must have been there at the right time dhol82 Jan 2013 #12

blue skys in Shanghai is RARE - nt Locrian Jan 2013 #17

consider myself really lucky dhol82 Jan 2013 #18

Safe to go to Beijing?? lenny9190 Jan 2013 #13

I doubt it kaboom15 Jan 2013 #14

Air pollution was bad enough in 1990 when almost no one had cars Lydia Leftcoast Jan 2013 #15