It’s rather obvious, but should you see a sentence with vague implications like this one Environmental protection measures will surely have some impacts on the province’s GDP growth. it means it’s something bad. In this case, the “impact” that environmental protection will have is slowing the GDP growth, but no one in China will (or […]
Millions saw the eclipse while I looked over cubicle walls out my office windows to try to find the sun. This was the first time I’ve been in the correct country and had an opportunity to see something so cool and rare, but Beijing’s stupid pollution (and maybe clouds) got in the way. It was […]
I spoke too soon. A blue sky over Beijing today! I noticed it when I looked out my balcony this afternoon. It was bright and sunny — beautiful! I immediately asked my roommate to go out with me. We thought we’d go fly kites over Tian’anmen Square, but apparently no one flies kites there. Still, […]