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Related: About this forumUnable To Clean Air For APEC Summit, China Blocking, Removing Air Quality Data
BEIJING China has made a gargantuan effort to clear Beijings smoggy air for an important regional summit this week, closing hundreds of factories and forcing cars off the road, but its efforts have only been partially successful.
On Monday afternoon, the U.S. Embassy air quality monitor reported a reading of 157, a measurement classified as unhealthy. Red-faced, the Chinese government has come up with an innovative solution block the data from being displayed on local smart phone apps and Web sites.
"Upon instructions from the authorities, for this month's air quality data, please refer to the figure by Beijing Environmental Protection Bureau, a notice in red on the Web site www.beijingair.com said. We wish the APEC summit a great success." Indeed, the Beijing governments own readings on Monday afternoon showed a city average of just 83, and air quality officially classified as good. That was the only measurement being displayed on most smartphones this afternoon.
But not everyone was fooled. We have found the perfect solution -- never again do we have to worry about Beijing smog, one Netizen ironically commented. We cant fix the smog, so we fix the smog report, said another.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2014/11/10/unable-to-clean-air-completely-for-apec-china-resorts-to-blocking-data/
yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)China, Britain and Austrailia not making goal for climate change. My question is were the goals to unrealistic? Smaller goals may have been a better approach for countries. All the countries seem overwhelmed.
Nihil
(13,508 posts)It isn't a profitable exercise and might even - horrors - cost their big business
owners some of their spare millions.
As a result, the governments of China, Britain, Australia, America, Canada and
elsewhere have simply decided to plough ahead with Business As Usual, make
their profits as fast as possible and collectively raise two fingers to the 99%
(along with everything else in the world, big or small).
Don't start with the excuses for their inaction, there will be plenty of that being
pushed 24x7 by their propaganda outlets without any assistance around here.
yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)Sometimes I get caught up in the "that's unfair" until I find out that those in charge are not fair.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)Unemployment
economy
budget
and all that other information labeled "national security"
At least the China just simply said they would not release the details of the info.
Nihil
(13,508 posts)Anyone attempting to put out the correct data will be a criminal trying to
subvert the noble truth of the State.