July 28, 2023
A visibly clearer, cleaner Beijing – no more stingy eyes or respirating!
Hi all!
Today, a brief interlude to my ongoing lux-adventure-tourism series – from Beijing! I was there the other week, and came over all nostalgic since I hadn’t been there since… September 2019 – nearly four years ago!…
The first thing I noticed was that the Chinese capital had freshened up: the air quality seemed much better – so much so that you can walk the streets without a respirator. And the photos taken from my hotel room (almost) showed the distant horizon! ->
In the past, the smog would get so bad that buildings just a few kilometers away couldn’t be made out. Here’s proof!
Apparently, the Chinese Communist Party ordered all heavy industry/manufacturing to be moved some 60+ kilometers out of the city. Accordingly, chimneys can still be seen – but none of them are smoking! ->
There’s still some smog-clearing initiatives left to go through before that horizon will be clear as crystal ->
Of course, when in Beijing – visit our Chinese office! ->
A leg-less Midori Kuma guards reception ) ->
FolKs hard at work ->
All looking good – Keep up the good worK!
The air has become that much cleaner in Beijing that the mountains in the distance can just about be made out; at least – to the naked eye. Alas, the windows, though no doubt cleaned regularly, reduce visibility through a camera lens, so no mountains to show you here folks :( ->
Meanwhile – we head on back through a Star-Wars-esque tunnel in our futuristic office ->
[I’ll pass over the business part of the trip; suffice to say it was positive, productive and promising:]
Evening photo from my hotel room:
Quite how they’ve done it (besides the smokestacks’ relocations) – I don’t know. But the new, fresher, cleaner, purer Beijing is just awesome: no more stinging eyes, and no more respiratory issues if you take a deep breath. Way to go!
There’s still some way to go in dealing with road congestion though – but where isn’t there?!
That’s all for today folks! Back soon!…
