Sunday, March 25, 2007

"I can't breathe!"

Hand in hand with all of this rapid industrialization and massive modernization efforts in China comes, of course, some serious pollution. Like totally serious. A couple of days after posting the pictures of the skyscraper construction projects, I looked out the same window from my office building and...





That's grimey yo.
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Here are the pics again from before.



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As you can see there's a bit of a difference between a clear day and a not-so-clear day. Apparently the air pollution gets even worse during the summer. To convey what an arduous exercise just breathing can be--given the aforementioned stink rock and all the pollution--I thought the last part of the video clip below provides a poignant example. Sort of. AUDIO IS CRUCIAL.



"I can't breathe!"

I can't get enough of this clip, particularly the ultramega heartfelt concern the anchorpeople express. Seriously how good is this clip?!

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

It's the best clip ever. She's so eager to stomp those grapes. So zealous. It's her big day on the TV news. She's working so hard. Then, everything goes wrong.

Unknown said...

No you ditn't! That clip ages like a fine, stinky cheese.

Anonymous said...

what up fool, love the blog, dawg. hope all is well, didn't know i could post w/o an account! holla, luko

Unknown said...

holy shit ... i just pissed myself watching that clip! the f'ing anchors at the end wanted to laugh so bad ahahhaha

La Nuit Blanche said...

jan,

the pollution you see might actually be yellow dust.

it originates from the gobi desert, northern china and mongolia, and spreads throughout east asia throughout the spring.

you should start wearing a mask...! or stick a visor over your face, haha.

-soobin.