Pollutics

After a huge thunderstorm last night, the Beijing skies are bright and clear this morning for the first time since I've been here. A quick look at the US Embassy's hourly air quality report (Twitter: @BeijingAir) reveals that this is actually the safest the air has been in weeks, and I'm probably taking on quite a bit of risk by running outside here. The Beijing air quality is regularly so poisonous, in fact, that the Chinese government has asked the embassy to stop reporting it, claiming the US is meddling in Chinese internal affairs and is therefore in violation of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations. Okay China. Read more about it here.

Beijing skyline viewed from my window yesterday morning. EPA rating: Very Unhealthy.

Same view, same time, today. EPA rating: Good.

If I had the technology, I'd report it, too.

再见

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