Beijing problems: air (北京的问题：空气）

Beijing has been terrible lately. When you move into a new country, you are firstly absorbed by a multitude of new information and experiences. And when it comes to Beijing, China that statement is even stronger.

The new views you get used to fool your brain in ignoring other kinds of information such as the bad aspects of a place or deeper meanings of the daily life. One of these is weather... mostly the air quality. It's now worldwide known that Beijing has a big problem with the quality of the air inside the city.

According to “that’s Beijing” magazine the authorities are investigating a solution to this problem, as they’ve started the “Green Olympics” program. It sounds crazy, but according to the same source, a recent study revealed that much of the pollution in the city primarily comes from Outer and Inner Mongolia and Western Siberia and only secondarily from coal factories and cars in Beijing. This whole new research will make the problem even more difficult to be solved by authorities.

This picture was taken yesterday morning and reflects the air quality and non pleasant landscape in the city. During such days, the atmosphere inside the smog bubble becomes hot, dirty and difficult to bear at mid-day.

Even with this huge problem, Beijing remains a very interesting place with every day the Olympics come closer.