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The weather is hot and humid for the past few days. There is a dense haze covers the city with visibility no more than a few hundred meters. According to the official reports, the haze is a mix with humidity and air pollutant. There is no wind and so the pollutant stays in the haze.<\/p>\n

China Daily <\/a>says that officials are considering emergency plans to reduce the pollution. The plan may include measures such as cutting off 90% of the private vehicles on the street and temporarily shutting down some factories surround Beijing. This actually means a near complete shutdown of the Beijing transportation and limit most of the local resident’s lives, a dramatic and very alarming measure. The effectiveness of such measure remains to be seen and the internet BBS is already filled with the negative concerns with such a unpresedented measure.<\/p>\n

I took the following pictures while I was hiking up the fragrance hill today. Comparing this picture with the picture that I took about two weeks ago (on July 12), one can easily see the haze that covers the city. Beijing living in Beijing for the past 4 years, I personally feel (without stringent statistics to backup), the clear air day (defines a day with no visible haze) has increased over the years. But with the haze like this, there is a lot to be down during and after the Olympics.<\/p>\n

\"Frangrance<\/p>\n

July 28, 2008 taken from the Frangrance Hill (Beijing, China)<\/p>\n

\"Frangrance<\/p>\n

July 12, 2008 taken from the Frangrance Hill (Beijing, China). I wish the Beijing sky is always like this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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