The rise of the air purifier industry
beijing’s smog: when a scale of zero to 500 doesn’t go high enough
by：Yovog
2023-09-03
BEIJING—
Beijing disappeared in an afternoon.
The city has been crisp for a few days.
The wind blows down its ancient alleys and spreads, 12-
Lane passage;
The glass wall of its post-modern office building reflects an electric blue sky.
But in the evening, everything was gone and swallowed up by a white mi.
The buildings were forgotten by the haze, and the sun turned into a dim yellow sphere, as a flashlight sparkled from under a blanket.
That\'s Friday, the level of pm2. 5. 5 —
Especially harmful particles, small enough to enter the blood through the lungs
Reaching 429 micrograms per cubic meter is 17 times the recommended limit of the World Health Organization.
The school will be closed by Monday;
At noon, the driver is using the headlights.
As the political and cultural capital of China, Beijing\'s exciting vitality has attracted many ambitious and passionate people.
There are quiet streets lined with persimmon trees and tree-lined parks for the elderly to practice tai chi.
Rich tourism opportunities;
Great art scene.
In general, the residents are very good --
Humor, hospitality, savvy.
Of course, there are also shortcomings.
The internet is censored, food is unsafe, and the political system is full of injustice, from minor corruption to a complete crackdown on dissent.
Living happily requires spiritual acrobatics, starting with focusing on the highlights: there are those blue ones --sky days.
Livelihoods are improving.
More and more people travel abroad.
Then something happened that made everyone lose their balance.
The pollution siege that lasted until Tuesday was one of them.
While this is one of the worst cases, this has happened before.
Residents in Beijing have learned how to take precautions.
If they can afford it, some people will have expensive air purifiers for their homes and offices.
Some people wear 3m Carpenter\'s mask before going out.
Related report: students in Beijing stay indoors because the smog is extremely dangerous. Beijing issued an alert as it endured the worst air pollution in China\'s smog year, with about 50 times of smog penetrating everything and tapping the tongue with a strong chemical.
The city has become beyond recognition.
Color lost color.
The office buildings look abandoned, and their finer features do not pass through the haze.
That\'s black humor,
The smog dropped, so did the meme.
In recent days, Internet users have sent stills of the zombie apocalypse movie;
Photographs of alien monsters superimposed in the smoky urban landscape;
And a series of monochrome, Gray photos related to major landmarks in Beijing
Temple of Heaven, remkohaas-
CCTV building-
Outline with a black mark.
At the same time, Beijing has become worse.
By Monday, the widely recognized measure of air pollution, the air quality index, reached 587 in the usual range of zero to 500, and was recorded as a \"beyond index\" on monitors throughout the city \". (
The highest level recommended by the United Nations is level 25. )
The government issued an \"orange weather alert\", suspended some factories and ordered schools to keep the children indoors.
The scope of this problem is difficult to understand.
According to the Ministry of Environmental Protection, this week\'s smog spread over 204,634 square miles of land: about 25 more than California.
For years, the government has blocked reports of smog until similar records --
Breaking pollution in 2013
Known as \"airpoc\" by Internet users\"
Causing a surge in public complaints (
Running on Air Purifier).
On 2014, Premier Li Keqiang said in his speech that the government would \"declare war\" on smog \".
Authorities began releasing air pollution data with unprecedented transparency.
They shut down the coal.
A thermal power plant in central Beijing.
In April, Greenpeace released a detailed report noting that air pollution in Beijing and 359 other cities in China \"has improved slightly over the past 12 months \".
\"On 2010, I went to a meeting when environmental officials talked about dealing with pm2. 5.
She continued.
\"So they don\'t know what they\'re doing, and they don\'t change because of public opinion.
The reality is that it is not only the public living in this polluted environment, but also the senior officials of the government;
So every time the air gets really bad, they have to explain to the boss exactly what went wrong.
When you\'re at such a peak
Down system, this is different.
On Tuesday, the fifth day of the smog, the color of the air had changed from gray to evil Orange.
The air is vaguely thick and difficult to concentrate. Eyes burned.
In the long gray movement, it is easy to worry that mi gas may never dissipate, that China\'s environmental problems are difficult to solve, and that the Chinese government will never honor its promises.
But on Tuesday night, there was a breeze in the city.
A ray of light from the top of the skyscraper.
By Wednesday morning, the smog had completely disappeared.
The sky is blue again.
Throughout the day, it arched over the colorful and deep landscape and was fortunate to return to form, at least until the weather improved and the city disappeared again. More stars.
Beijing disappeared in an afternoon.
The city has been crisp for a few days.
The wind blows down its ancient alleys and spreads, 12-
Lane passage;
The glass wall of its post-modern office building reflects an electric blue sky.
But in the evening, everything was gone and swallowed up by a white mi.
The buildings were forgotten by the haze, and the sun turned into a dim yellow sphere, as a flashlight sparkled from under a blanket.
That\'s Friday, the level of pm2. 5. 5 —
Especially harmful particles, small enough to enter the blood through the lungs
Reaching 429 micrograms per cubic meter is 17 times the recommended limit of the World Health Organization.
The school will be closed by Monday;
At noon, the driver is using the headlights.
As the political and cultural capital of China, Beijing\'s exciting vitality has attracted many ambitious and passionate people.
There are quiet streets lined with persimmon trees and tree-lined parks for the elderly to practice tai chi.
Rich tourism opportunities;
Great art scene.
In general, the residents are very good --
Humor, hospitality, savvy.
Of course, there are also shortcomings.
The internet is censored, food is unsafe, and the political system is full of injustice, from minor corruption to a complete crackdown on dissent.
Living happily requires spiritual acrobatics, starting with focusing on the highlights: there are those blue ones --sky days.
Livelihoods are improving.
More and more people travel abroad.
Then something happened that made everyone lose their balance.
The pollution siege that lasted until Tuesday was one of them.
While this is one of the worst cases, this has happened before.
Residents in Beijing have learned how to take precautions.
If they can afford it, some people will have expensive air purifiers for their homes and offices.
Some people wear 3m Carpenter\'s mask before going out.
Related report: students in Beijing stay indoors because the smog is extremely dangerous. Beijing issued an alert as it endured the worst air pollution in China\'s smog year, with about 50 times of smog penetrating everything and tapping the tongue with a strong chemical.
The city has become beyond recognition.
Color lost color.
The office buildings look abandoned, and their finer features do not pass through the haze.
That\'s black humor,
The smog dropped, so did the meme.
In recent days, Internet users have sent stills of the zombie apocalypse movie;
Photographs of alien monsters superimposed in the smoky urban landscape;
And a series of monochrome, Gray photos related to major landmarks in Beijing
Temple of Heaven, remkohaas-
CCTV building-
Outline with a black mark.
At the same time, Beijing has become worse.
By Monday, the widely recognized measure of air pollution, the air quality index, reached 587 in the usual range of zero to 500, and was recorded as a \"beyond index\" on monitors throughout the city \". (
The highest level recommended by the United Nations is level 25. )
The government issued an \"orange weather alert\", suspended some factories and ordered schools to keep the children indoors.
The scope of this problem is difficult to understand.
According to the Ministry of Environmental Protection, this week\'s smog spread over 204,634 square miles of land: about 25 more than California.
For years, the government has blocked reports of smog until similar records --
Breaking pollution in 2013
Known as \"airpoc\" by Internet users\"
Causing a surge in public complaints (
Running on Air Purifier).
On 2014, Premier Li Keqiang said in his speech that the government would \"declare war\" on smog \".
Authorities began releasing air pollution data with unprecedented transparency.
They shut down the coal.
A thermal power plant in central Beijing.
In April, Greenpeace released a detailed report noting that air pollution in Beijing and 359 other cities in China \"has improved slightly over the past 12 months \".
\"On 2010, I went to a meeting when environmental officials talked about dealing with pm2. 5.
She continued.
\"So they don\'t know what they\'re doing, and they don\'t change because of public opinion.
The reality is that it is not only the public living in this polluted environment, but also the senior officials of the government;
So every time the air gets really bad, they have to explain to the boss exactly what went wrong.
When you\'re at such a peak
Down system, this is different.
On Tuesday, the fifth day of the smog, the color of the air had changed from gray to evil Orange.
The air is vaguely thick and difficult to concentrate. Eyes burned.
In the long gray movement, it is easy to worry that mi gas may never dissipate, that China\'s environmental problems are difficult to solve, and that the Chinese government will never honor its promises.
But on Tuesday night, there was a breeze in the city.
A ray of light from the top of the skyscraper.
By Wednesday morning, the smog had completely disappeared.
The sky is blue again.
Throughout the day, it arched over the colorful and deep landscape and was fortunate to return to form, at least until the weather improved and the city disappeared again. More stars.
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