Hi everyone
After
Jakarta, we went to Beijing, the capital of China and one of the most populous
cities in the world. Beijing is the country’s political, cultural and
educational center but the city has also to deal with some problems such as air
pollution and dust storms.
We found a
photograph on the internet where you can see how Beijing is muffled in a miasma
of brown haze. A few years ago, the ceaseless chumming of factories and
automobile engines in and around Beijing has led to this: hundreds of flights canceled
because of smog. At that time, many Chinese complaining on the Internet that
officials are failing to level with them about air quality or make any
improvements to the environment.
Yu Ping, the
father of a 7-year-old boy said: “as a Chinese citizen, we have been kept in
the dark on this issue for too long” and he is right. “The government is just
so bureaucratic that they don’t seem to care whether we common people live or
die. And it’s up to us, the common people, to prod them and to put pressure on
them so that they can reflect on their actions and realize that they really
just have to do something.”
Although
Beijing is one of the most populous cities in the world, they should do
something about the air pollution problem or else, the city will no longer be
seen as a popular city.
Until next
time!
Celita
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Although Beijing was a very nice city, it was indeed very sad to see how much the city suffers from this pollution. I could feel the air I was breathing wasn't healthy at all... The government really should step up and do something about it... Ilse xxx
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