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China drives away smog to ensure clear sky for Trump's visit

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BEIJING: US President Donald Trump landed in Beijing on Wednesday under clear sunny sky as China has virtually driven away the smog hovering over the city in the last few days with emergency measures.

Following the smoggy weather in the past few days, Beijing on Wednesday woke up to a beautiful sunny morning.

China's environment ministry had ordered the local authorities to lift the orange alert for air pollution saying that air quality had improved thanks to emergency measures.

It was clear blue sky when Trump's Airforce One touched down at the airport here this afternoon.

The Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) previously forecast that the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region and nearby areas would see severe air pollution from November 4 to 8, prompting local governments to issue the orange alert - the second highest level - last week.

China has a four-tier colour-coded warning system for severe weather, with red being the most serious, followed by orange, yellow and blue.

But as authorities adopted a raft of emergency measures to meet the smog challenge, most of the areas experienced slight air pollution or even good air, state-run Xinhua news agency reported earlier.

The orange alert brings several measures, including restricting the use of vehicles, increasing pollution controls at construction sites, and temporarily restricting or stopping production activities of steel, cement and coal firms.

The emergency efforts reduced around 20 per cent of pollutants, effectively curbing the increasing PM 2.5 density and making the air quality better than forecast, Chai Fahe, an expert with the Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, told the official media.
Air quality usually worsens in late autumn and winter in northern China due to increased emissions from heating sources and less wind.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com...sky-for-trumps-visit/articleshow/61574222.cms

Is Delhi on Trump's schedule next? :batman:
 
Can Trump Bhai do a quick pit stop in all the major cities of Pakistan?
 
Can Trump Bhai do a quick pit stop in all the major cities of Pakistan?

He can but do we have this environmental program I bet our environment minister won't be aware of these terms/jargons :)))
 
Is Delhi on Trump's schedule next? :batman:

In Dehli they are still concentrating on clearing streets of beggars for world functions, once this is accomplished maybe they can look at matters of higher altitudes.
 
In Dehli they are still concentrating on clearing streets of beggars for world functions, once this is accomplished maybe they can look at matters of higher altitudes.

Yeah like both issues can't be tackled at the same time. ::J

Pretty sure you're part of that group who rants and whines when Nawaz Sharif builds infrastructure in the city of Lahore, claiming that he should drop it all and concentrate on upping the game in health and education instead - when both can be accomplished simultaneously.
 
Yeah like both issues can't be tackled at the same time. ::J

Pretty sure you're part of that group who rants and whines when Nawaz Sharif builds infrastructure in the city of Lahore, claiming that he should drop it all and concentrate on upping the game in health and education instead - when both can be accomplished simultaneously.

I don't recall ranting or whining about any of Nawaz Sharif's projects but that does sound like the sort of line I'd take. But if you know me, I don't really take much interest in Pakistan affairs, my speciality subjects are the UK and India. And US Pakistanis obviously.
 
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