(10 Mar 2023)
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Beijing - 10 March 2023
1. Various of skyscrapers in dust storm
2. Various of traffic
3. Pedestrians walking
4. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Chen, no first name given, resident:
“This is normal weather. It could happen to all countries. The sandstorm is possible in all east Asian countries. In general, our air quality has become better. It’s normal to see a sandstorm once in a while.”
5. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Zhao, no first name given, resident:
“The air quality has improved a lot for sure. Everybody knows how the air was in Beijing, but thanks to the air pollution control in the past years, we have much better air quality.”
6. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Li, no first name given, resident:
“People say they haven't seen a sandstorm for a long time because people didn’t go out often in the past years of pandemic. We didn’t see it. If you live long in Beijing, you will get used to the spring in Beijing.”
7. Tree and sky
8. Various of traffic
STORYLINE:
Skyscrapers disappeared into the haze and air quality plummeted as China’s capital was enveloped in a dust storm and heavy pollution on Friday.
Concentrations of the tiny PM2.5 particles that can reach deep into the lungs and bloodstream reached well into the dangerous range on monitoring sites.
Beijing was formerly notorious for its terrible air quality, but conditions have much improved in recent years as authorities took heavily polluting vehicles off the roads and moved coal-fired power plants and heavy industry to the surrounding provinces.
The capital also used to be known for regular springtime dust and sand storms caused by winds blowing in from the Loess Hills along the upper sections of the Yellow River to the west.
Anti-desertification efforts have helped reduce both the frequency and intensity of the storms that had often turned the surrounding air a cataclysmic yellowish-red.
AP Video by Borg Wong
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