At the embassy we check the air quality every day, and the pollution today is so bad that the detector couldn’t even find a proper number to display. Apparently, the bad situation has drawn Beijing authorities’ attentions. In order to curb pollution, they’ve decided to get harsh on outdoor street barbecues vendors, which is a very popular summer scene in China. The maximum fine for breaking this rule goes up to 20.000 RMB (3.528 USD). Some people don’t think this is a good idea: "People tend to criticize barbecue businesses because pollutants from their stalls, PM10, or particles with diameters up to 10 micrometers, are visible. But it is the invisible PM2.5, or particles with diameter less than 2.5 micrometers, to blame for our poor air condition," Wang Tao, a scholar at Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy, told Global Times. Find the full story here: globaltimes.cn/content/799250.shtml
Posted on: Fri, 26 Jul 2013 09:27:24 +0000
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