【赫芬顿邮报 20141110】北京的污染哪儿去了？

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【中文标题】北京的污染哪儿去了？
【原文标题】Beijing's Anti-Pollution Face-Lift In 6 Photos
【登载媒体】赫芬顿邮报
【原文作者】Matt Sheehan
【原文链接】http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/11/10/beijing-pollution-photo-a_n_6134204.html?utm_hp_ref=china


世界领导人齐聚中国首都，出席亚太区经济合作峰会，这座城市因此极力为这些环太平洋大佬们展现出最好的一面。这意味着采取一切可能的手段避免“大气末日”——时常用致癌颗粒物笼罩这座城市的极端污染天气。

周边地区的工厂全部停工；建筑工地停止施工；户外烧烤餐厅被停业；北京人放假6天；每天有半数私家车停驶，等等。

大规模的环境清理工程在上周终于带来了几天的蓝天，让世界短暂地看到北京的本来面目——坐落在传统与现代中的一座美丽的世界级城市。但是大佬们在周二纷纷离开，恐怖的雾霾再次卷土重来，让牢牢嵌入肺中的细颗粒物达到每立方米239微克的程度。世界卫生组织认为，每立方米25微克以下属于安全范畴。

即使如此，也要比10月份的空气质量好一些。APEC会议之前，出现了几次极为严重的大气污染，居民推测，可能是即将下达的停工命令让这些工厂加班加点地生产。

戏剧性的空气质量变化仅仅是暂时的，北京居民生活的不便利的确是事实。如果关闭一个区域的经济活动可以变出几个蓝天白云，那么有什么方法可以长远解决这座城市的污染危机呢？

请看蓝天与灰天的比较，自己想想答案。



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原文：

World leaders have descended on the Chinese capital for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting, and the city has been scrambling to put on its best face for the titans of Pacific Rim politics. That means doing anything and everything to avoid another Airpocalypse -- the dreaded extreme pollution episodes that periodically smother the city in cancerous particulates.

Factories in the surrounding regions have halted operations, construction projects have ground to a standstill, outdoor barbecue restaurants have been shuttered, Beijing workers have been given a six-day holiday, and half of all private cars are banned from the roads each day, among other restrictions.

Massive in scope and scale, the experiment in environmental engineering brought several days of blue skies last week and briefly gave the world a glimpse of what Beijing can be: a gorgeous world-class city steeped in tradition and stunning architecture. But as the global elite prepared for closing ceremonies on Tuesday, a putrid haze once again rolled over the city and brought levels of PM2.5, tiny particles that can embed in the lungs, to 239 micrograms per cubic meter. The WHO declares 25 micrograms per cubic meter to be a safe daily level.

Even that paled in comparison with the pollution levels that came in October. The city saw multiple extreme pollution episodes in the run-up to APEC, and many residents speculated that looming restrictions were merely pushing factories in the region to run overtime while preparing for APEC stoppages.

Dramatic as the air quality improvements were at times, they also hammered home Beijing’s own inconvenient truth: If shutting down a regional economy can barely conjure a few days of blue skies, what hope is there for a lasting solution to the city’s air pollution crisis?

Check out the comparison of clear skies vs. polluted skies and decide for yourself.

The National Stadium, aka The Bird's Nest

Workers Stadium

The Forbidden City

Olympic Park

Sanlitun SOHO

Olympic Park

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