Hard to imagine where head of the country/party leaders live and work there.
they prefer to live in a clean capitals without any industry like Canberra, Washington, Astana etc... 
Topic: Beijing smog makes city unliveable, says mayor (Read 3081 times)
I think there's more than enough pictures available to support the mayor's premise:
Google Image Search Beijing Pollution
That stuff looks pretty nasty.
That looks REALLY bad.Google Image Search Beijing Pollution
That stuff looks pretty nasty.
Hopefully next time I won't be dispatched to Beijing for business.
I think there's more than enough pictures available to support the mayor's premise:
Google Image Search Beijing Pollution
That stuff looks pretty nasty.
That looks REALLY bad.Google Image Search Beijing Pollution
That stuff looks pretty nasty.
once upon a time... okay I say nothing, but after the air fog, one day it will be the light pollution, so that again sometimes the stars are as they once w(h)ere. 
. If only the Americans and mostly their enemies could settle their problems peacefully... it would take less time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHQG6-DojVw
. If only the Americans and mostly their enemies could settle their problems peacefully... it would take less time.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHQG6-DojVw
I think there's more than enough pictures available to support the mayor's premise:
Google Image Search Beijing Pollution
That stuff looks pretty nasty.
That looks REALLY bad. Google Image Search Beijing Pollution
That stuff looks pretty nasty.
If the smog was only like the image from OP, it'll be not too bad.
In fact, it is much worse... I think selling masks will be a big market opportunaty for the next decade or so.
In fact, it is much worse... I think selling masks will be a big market opportunaty for the next decade or so.
The saving grace is that the problem has been recognized and efforts are underway to correct it.
If the smog was only like the image from OP, it'll be not too bad.
In fact, it is much worse... I think selling masks will be a big market opportunaty for the next decade or so.
In fact, it is much worse... I think selling masks will be a big market opportunaty for the next decade or so.
cant believe that people actually live there.. amazing
try to imagine long polar nights and very cold temperatures in addition to air pollutions 
Norilsk, Russia 
Note the clear view of sky and horizon in this picture. In Beijing you will never see those things.
Only because the picture is taken from high up, above all the low lying smog. Just look at the bottom and imagine what it looks like from there. Far worse.
cant believe that people actually live there.. amazing
i think i would move to another city/country asap if i was the one living there..
It's probably likely that if you live in a city like this, you don't have the means to relocate, because who would tolerate this willingly?
ajareselde, H1N1
Such comparison isn't quite correct because unlike Beijing, Norilsk is industrial city and center of so-called Norilsk Industrial District. This region is closed for foreign citizens and the only its purpose is to ensure the functioning of mining and, at the same time, the metalproducing plant. In other words, it's purposed to be dirty. 
Norilsk, Russia
Note the clear view of sky and horizon in this picture. In Beijing you will never see those things.
Only because the picture is taken from high up, above all the low lying smog. Just look at the bottom and imagine what it looks like from there. Far worse.
cant believe that people actually live there.. amazing
i think i would move to another city/country asap if i was the one living there..
Norilsk, Russia
Note the clear view of sky and horizon in this picture. In Beijing you will never see those things.
Only because the picture is taken from high up, above all the low lying smog. Just look at the bottom and imagine what it looks like from there. Far worse.
Note the clear view of sky and horizon in this picture. In Beijing you will never see those things.
I think this because picture was taken from a height or from distance outcide the city
I'm simply try to found pictures of highly polluted cities
I have to believe the pollution is a major obstacle for the economy. In some regards, it's hard to envision China overtaking the the United States as the preeminent economic power when they have such major air quality problems. A great deal of resources will be spent dealing with that problem, and all the related health problems that will come with it. I bet the cancer rates are going to be off the charts in 20 years for residents of Beijing and other polluted cities.
The major obstacle is china is not a democracy country.No, but the party is not unresponsive to public pressure. Just look at how far they've come in the last 30 years, letting in foreign investment, the ever-constant creep of capitalism, etc. They're still corrupt as hell, but it's much better than it was in the 60's and 70's because they have to be in order to stay in power.
Norilsk, Russia
Note the clear view of sky and horizon in this picture. In Beijing you will never see those things.
Such comparison isn't quite correct because unlike Beijing, Norilsk is industrial city and center of so-called Norilsk Industrial District.
Indeed Beijing is nowhere near the most polluted city in China.
Such comparison isn't quite correct because unlike Beijing, Norilsk is industrial city and center of so-called Norilsk Industrial District. This region is closed for foreign citizens and the only its purpose is to ensure the functioning of mining and, at the same time, the metalproducing plant. In other words, it's purposed to be dirty.
The major obstacle is china is not a democracy country.
I don't think the political system is the major obstacle but instead the massive scale of the problem they've put themselves in through their amazing feats of construction (it will have the world's largest subway system soon).
Probably they were led by economists to believe that solutions will come out of further growth and so rather than scaling back they turned it up to ten.
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