Chinese mock claims Beijing is most liveable city despite smog lifting

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Social media users express incredulity that the capital was ranked the country’s best city to live in while disaster-hit Tianjin was ranked the second best


Chinese internet users have mocked a report claiming that Beijing is the country’s most liveable city even as they enjoy unusually blue skies in the lead-up to a major military parade.

China’s capital city ranked 69th out of the world’s 140 most liveable cities in the Economist Intelligence Unit’s (EIU) semi-annual survey, released this week.

The city was ranked higher than any other Chinese city, just ahead of neighbouring Tianjin where a massive explosion last week has left a toxic aftermath in its port area.

“Best joke of the week” said one user of Weibo, China’s Twitter.

“Did they get extra points for all the smog?” said another wag.

The news came at the same time as new research, also published in the Economist, showed that breathing Beijing’s air is the equivalent of smoking almost 40 cigarettes a day.

Berkeley Earth’s scientific director, Richard Muller, told the magazine that air pollution causes 1.6 million deaths a year in China, or 17% of the total.

Read more : http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/aug/22/chinese-mock-claims-beijing-is-most-liveable-city-despite-smog-lifting

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During the 1990s, the Chinese government wanted to bring economic growth to China, by attracting major industrial giants to the country. Western investors constructed these industrial plants, after being given the assurances that there will not be any requirement to treat the toxic waste products which are created as a result of their operations. And after almost two decades, we are seeing the results of this horrible policy.

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Social media users express incredulity that the capital was ranked the country’s best city to live in while disaster-hit Tianjin was ranked the second best


Chinese internet users have mocked a report claiming that Beijing is the country’s most liveable city even as they enjoy unusually blue skies in the lead-up to a major military parade.

China’s capital city ranked 69th out of the world’s 140 most liveable cities in the Economist Intelligence Unit’s (EIU) semi-annual survey, released this week.

“Best joke of the week” said one user of Weibo, China’s Twitter.

“Did they get extra points for all the smog?” said another wag.

This is terrific news! The more the Chinese people take to social media to vent frustration with their administration the faster the elements of change can infuse themselves within that country and business and political worlds. The freedom of vote will lead to the freedom of information and greater protections for the people and companies conducting business in the country.