China Bans the Word 'Leica' on Social Media

Re:China Bans the Word 'Leica' on Social Media by patcon on Sunday April 21, 2019 @10:39PM (#19715980)

Also, fwiw, the west is the one that can't stop it's out-of-control careening toward climate catastrophe. China's handling it much better.

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Re:China Bans the Word 'Leica' on Social Media by YjSe2GMQ on Monday April 22, 2019 @12:37AM (#19716568)

I'm sorry but China shows no sign of reducing emissions: https://static01.nyt.com/images/2014/09/22/blogs/dotglobcarb...

Also, have you been to Beijing? The smog is so dense that sometimes you don't see 50m ahead ...

The only thing they're doing is trying to build cheaper electric vehicles.

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Re:China Bans the Word 'Leica' on Social Media by phyrex on Monday April 22, 2019 @01:28AM (#19716757)

I’m in Beijing right now and it’s nowhere as bad as you describe (which is how it was ten years ago). Electric cars and scooters are everywhere. China really seems to be trying to get their environmental shit together, it’s just a big project that takes time

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Re:China Bans the Word 'Leica' on Social Media by pertymcpert on Monday April 22, 2019 @05:26AM (#19717562)

I was there yesterday for a few hours and the air looked terrible. didn’t check the actual numbers, but wow was the air ugly.

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Re:China Bans the Word 'Leica' on Social Media by YjSe2GMQ on Monday April 22, 2019 @01:19PM (#19720699)

It depends heavily on the weather, and on the season. No wind -> worse smog, more coal heating (in the winter) -> also worse smog. It does seem to be improving though:

http://img.caixin.com/2018-11-16/1542361119634258.jpg

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Re:China Bans the Word 'Leica' on Social Media by okmokmz on Monday April 22, 2019 @12:53PM (#19720464)

That's completely false

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