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posted by mrpg on Friday December 23 2016, @12:34AM   Printer-friendly
from the this-won't-help-my-cold dept.

China's smoggiest city closed schools Wednesday as much of the country suffered its sixth day under an oppressive haze, sparking public anger about the slow response to the threat to children's health.

Since Friday a choking miasma has covered a large swathe of northeastern China, leaving more than 460 million gasping for breath.

Shijiazhuang, the capital of Hebei province, was one of more than 20 cities which went on red alert Friday evening, triggering an emergency plan to reduce pollution by shutting polluting factories and taking cars off the road, among other measures.

Nowhere has been hit as hard as Shijiazhuang, which has seen a huge rise in pollution.

But the city's education department waited until Tuesday evening to announce it was closing elementary schools and kindergartens, following similar moves in nearby Beijing and Tianjin.

The announcement said middle and high schools could close on a voluntary basis.

The statement on the education department's official social media account provoked anger.

Hmm, classmates in Beijing assured us air pollution in China came from Siberia.

Also at Channel NewsAsia: Chinese cities choked by dangerous smog for fifth day; factories, schools closed


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  • (Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 23 2016, @01:04AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 23 2016, @01:04AM (#444887)

    Americans demand cheap shit, not to be built in our perfect cuntry, but the fucking Chinese aren't people, so kill the fuckers to make more cheap shit for Americans!

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 23 2016, @01:22AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 23 2016, @01:22AM (#444891)

    why 81?

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 23 2016, @03:33AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 23 2016, @03:33AM (#444905)

      81 because

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by linkdude64 on Friday December 23 2016, @02:34AM

    by linkdude64 (5482) on Friday December 23 2016, @02:34AM (#444895)

    If you care about the environment you probably want more things manufactured here in the US where environmental regulations actually stand a chance of being enforced, where you have a population that is so much more informed than the average Chinese citizen about global events/climate change that it would blow your fucking mind, and where the jobs will actually do the economy some good.

    Communism: Every Liberal's favorite system that they've never lived under.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 23 2016, @03:28AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 23 2016, @03:28AM (#444904)

      So America can go from the #1 polluter of greenhouse gasses, to the extra #1++ version. You are already winning, let the rest of the world catch up. Or, you know, pollute less rather than more.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 23 2016, @05:05AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 23 2016, @05:05AM (#444936)

      have ever lived under it.

      Communism is supposed to be about the WORKERS OWNING THE MEANS OF PRODUCTION BY WAY OF THE STATE.

      Neither Russia nor China has been communist basically since their inception, they only had a thin veneer and good PR machine claiming so, while actually helping the rich get richer and keeping the middle class poorer, much like under Capitalism in the rest of the world.

      Both systems in the end lead to oligarchism/authoritarianism and political corruption. The only difference is the steps leading there.

      • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 23 2016, @05:11AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 23 2016, @05:11AM (#444939)

        Except the Chinese middle class is expnding and getting more and more well off. 30 years of solid growth and a long term plan will do that to a country. How is America's next quarter looking?

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 23 2016, @05:13PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 23 2016, @05:13PM (#445103)

      you probably want more things manufactured here in the US where environmental regulations actually stand a chance of being enforced

      Not any more [foxnews.com].

      where you have a population that is so much more informed than the average Chinese citizen about global events/climate change that it would blow your fucking mind,

      A large chunk of the Chinese population is reminded of the consequences of poor environmental policy literally every time they breathe. They're on board with action on the environment. Last I heard, that and corruption (but w/o naming names) are the only areas where they're allowed to criticize the government in public forums.

      Nazism: Every alt righter's favorite system they've never lived under.

      • (Score: 2) by linkdude64 on Saturday December 24 2016, @09:36AM

        by linkdude64 (5482) on Saturday December 24 2016, @09:36AM (#445498)

        "Nazism: Every alt righter's favorite system they've never lived under."

        Liberals: The only people on the planet who will take a comment that is 100% entirely in support of the global environment and make it about Literally Hitler because the US would benefit.