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Posted by w_thames_the_d on August 12, 2011

China, in a further attempt to China’ize everything it comes into contact with has once again outdone itself. Air that M-W.com defines as “ the mixture of invisible odorless tasteless gases (as nitrogen and oxygen) that surrounds the earth” has now become ‘air with Chinese characteristics’.
Thus, in a country who measures their visibility in arm-lengths, air is a far cry from invisible, odorless and tasteless gasses. Oh well, those toxic Target toys sure look good on Junior’s shelf, dont they?
(that photo is an example of how China further defies conventional wisdom as to what ‘air’ actually is. The shot was taken from the window of a good friend’s place in the morning)
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Posted by w_thames_the_d on July 29, 2011
This photo is from July and was an example of a horribly polluted Beijing day. The pollution rating was off the charts. The photo below is for purposes of comparison and shows a relatively normal day…

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Posted by w_thames_the_d on July 29, 2011
It is pretty telling to do comparisons like this, to show a horrible smoggy day next to a beautiful one. At this site, I am compiling a ton of these pics and will let you know when I’m done……
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smog pic 7 2 11
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