The hazardous haze which engulfed Beijing prompting the government to issue first-ever red alert for heavy smog, dissipated today as the city woke up to clear skies. The alert, the highest possible warning level, was sounded yesterday and would last until midday on Thursday.
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Residents across this city awoke to an environmental state of emergency on Tuesday as poisonous air quality prompted the government to close schools, force motorists off the road and shut down factories. Air China’s Montreal – Havana – Beijing service will not only become a new link between China and Cuba, but also further the economic, trade and cultural cooperation between the two countries, giving a further boost to Cuba’s tourism in particular. “After all, the pollution is really bad”.
Guo Jianxing, weather forecaster of the municipal meteorological center, said the wind was not strong enough to blow away the smog for the whole Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, leaving some southern region of Hebei with light air pollution as well, according to Morning Post, a Beijing local newspaper on Thursday.
“I’ve already sold seven machines worth 30,000 renminbi”, or about $4,700, said shopkeeper Yuan Yuxia as she tried to keep up with the steady stream of customers pushing through the door just 90 minutes after the shop opened.
A Chinese military policeman wears a mask to protect against the pollution during the daily flag lowering ceremony on Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015.
Mr Fruit, a fruit juice stand in the lobby of a Beijing office building, offered 12 percent off pear and pomegranate juice, which traditional Chinese medicine says can moisten the lungs and reduce phlegm.
Such high levels of smog are highly unsafe to people’s health, which is why the government is encouraging residents to stay indoors and why so many residents are wearing surgical masks when traveling outside, to help filter the bad air. The World Health Organization designates the safe level for the tiny, poisonous particles at 25.
He made a brick out of pollution he pulled from the air in the city he calls home.
“Kids these days fall sick much more easily than we did when we were kids, yet we were not as wealthy as them, and we certainly didn’t enjoy as much convenience”, she added.
Beijing’s vehicle restrictions? of odd and even number plates will last until noon tomorrow.
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A sharp rise in online searches for masks and air purifiers on smoggy days is expected;however, a boom in the sales of condoms and sportswear might be surprising for most. Drawing on data from 1,500 stations in China, Taiwan, and South Korea, the study calculated that almost 1.6 million people die in China every year from illnesses created or exacerbated by the critically polluted air.
