beijing
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Terrifying Photos Of Beijing’s Toxic Smog ‘White Christmas’
As you were tearing off the wrapping paper this morning, Beijing was waking up to the worst smog of the year, and a very different kind of white Christmas.
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China’s Airpocalypse Is So Bad That It’s Banning Half The Cars In Beijing
Beijing issued its first-ever red alert on Monday. The radical measure means that half the cars in the capital must stay off the streets, outdoor construction must stop, and schools must close. The pollution is simply too dangerous.
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China Cleaned Up Beijing’s Smog For Its Military Parade, But Of Course It Didn’t Last
It’s no coincidence that the China’s capital city had clear, sunny skies for the country’s huge military parade last week, or that Beijing’s dense smog returned the very next day. The Chinese government took extreme measures to guarantee clear skies for the its display, but it took less than 24 hours for air pollution to…
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China Is Turning Beijing Into A Megacity Six Times The Size Of NYC
China is already home to some of the most quickly growing megacities in the world. Now there’s a plan to officially merge several megacities around Beijing into one super-megacity that will house the equivalent of a third of the US population in an area that’s almost the geographical size of Victoria, Australia.