tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post4366815725868254686..comments2024-03-22T05:20:44.167-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: Who Knew? Smog is Good.The Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-73466104019976810192013-12-14T11:08:21.544-08:002013-12-14T11:08:21.544-08:00While teaching in China in 2007, the air pollution...While teaching in China in 2007, the air pollution was so bad then, it was difficult to walk outside in it. I began to experience all sorts of health problems and had to leave. Many Chinese people also experienced breathing problems. South Korea is quickly cleaning up its pollution problems. However, they are inundated with air pollution from China especially in April when the wind is just right dumping what is called "yellow dust" over South Korea. Elementry schools are closed and the elderly are advised not to go out. I saw yellow dust as much as 3 cms thick on vehicles.Anyonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15765384812104835792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-41685832499674621282013-12-10T20:14:46.871-08:002013-12-10T20:14:46.871-08:00If you read the article in the original Chinese, i...If you read the article in the original Chinese, it talks about how an environmental issue, haze, is helping wake up the chinese people politically, and drawing attention to the fact that economic growth at the expense of the environment is not necessarily all that everyone thought it was cooked up to be. <br /><br />Not sentiments that I disagree with. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-62355230959785018932013-12-10T13:46:34.623-08:002013-12-10T13:46:34.623-08:00It sounds almost Taoist of them, if Taoism wasn...It sounds almost Taoist of them, if Taoism wasn't frowned upon in China.Troyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10759047914577194212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-77161509269966365822013-12-10T11:38:07.059-08:002013-12-10T11:38:07.059-08:00I don't think the Politburo is the sort of org...I don't think the Politburo is the sort of organization that's agile enough to simultaneously tackle a variety of major challenges. They may well be finding themselves overwhelmed.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-1310583450056423292013-12-10T10:34:58.766-08:002013-12-10T10:34:58.766-08:00I am getting the impression that the Chinese are g...I am getting the impression that the Chinese are going off the rails. Their latest big party conclave appears to have concluded they should go more neoliberal. WTF?Purple library guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01930984683714519212noreply@blogger.com