New Posts For Thread: China: "Stop Reporting Our Air Pollution!"http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29160915/China:_Stop_Reporting_Our_Air_Pollution!In the latest diplomatic row with China, they're mad because the American embassy in Beijing has been Twittering air pollution readings. They've got a rig on the roof that monitors air pollution, and the totals are published hourly on the facility'sThis thread was moved from the Hot Topics Zonehttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29160915/China:_Stop_Reporting_Our_Air_Pollution!?post_id=520974639#520974639This thread was moved from the Hot Topics ZoneMon, 18 Jun 2012 16:02:13 -0500>>>>>>>>> Money talks!!I mean money drives all these silly talks. They also sold guns to many dictators around the world. I am sure they are really "Concerned" about human rights.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29160915/China:_Stop_Reporting_Our_Air_Pollution!?post_id=520640601#520640601>>>>>>>>> Money talks!!I mean money drives all these silly talks. They also sold guns to many dictators around the world. I am sure they are really "Concerned" about human rights.Sat, 09 Jun 2012 14:36:50 -0500Are we still allowed to say the Word, "Tibet" ... ???(Hey ... !!! How about a REAL "Kicker" -- "Taiwan" ... ???)http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29160915/China:_Stop_Reporting_Our_Air_Pollution!?post_id=520634925#520634925Are we still allowed to say the Word, "Tibet" ... ???(Hey ... !!! How about a REAL "Kicker" -- "Taiwan" ... ???)Sat, 09 Jun 2012 11:57:18 -0500Okay, scratch the air pollution reports.We’ll post an accounting of the human rights violations occurring in China instead. Irene.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29160915/China:_Stop_Reporting_Our_Air_Pollution!?post_id=520634849#520634849Okay, scratch the air pollution reports.We’ll post an accounting of the human rights violations occurring in China instead. Irene.Sat, 09 Jun 2012 11:55:32 -0500Now, now, it is not pollution it is new and improved Air Plus! * Why breath regular air when you can breath Air Plus! (Air with a secret combination of healthful ingredients like coal dust, mercury, and a variety of industrial chemicals which make yohttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29160915/China:_Stop_Reporting_Our_Air_Pollution!?post_id=520611097#520611097Now, now, it is not pollution it is new and improved Air Plus! * Why breath regular air when you can breath Air Plus! (Air with a secret combination of healthful ingredients like coal dust, mercury, and a variety of industrial chemicals which make yoFri, 08 Jun 2012 18:01:12 -0500Well, the Chinese pollution problems are perhaps understandable, and not much different from those of decades past in the US and other industrialized nations. I remember once when I was younger, driving through a paper mill town which was, shall wehttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29160915/China:_Stop_Reporting_Our_Air_Pollution!?post_id=520549639#520549639Well, the Chinese pollution problems are perhaps understandable, and not much different from those of decades past in the US and other industrialized nations. I remember once when I was younger, driving through a paper mill town which was, shall weThu, 07 Jun 2012 08:45:19 -0500In terms of a country being a major polluter, China certainly qualifies, with air pollution being the biggest health threat.So, you can see why the U.S. Embassy issues pollution readings.Sixteen of the world's most polluted cities are in China, whichhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29160915/China:_Stop_Reporting_Our_Air_Pollution!?post_id=520539453#520539453In terms of a country being a major polluter, China certainly qualifies, with air pollution being the biggest health threat.So, you can see why the U.S. Embassy issues pollution readings.Sixteen of the world's most polluted cities are in China, whichWed, 06 Jun 2012 23:07:13 -0500The GOP Industrialist Investors must LOVE China ... Virtually NO meaningful Environmental Regulations ... What a GREAT Place to do Business, eh ... ???http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29160915/China:_Stop_Reporting_Our_Air_Pollution!?post_id=520535177#520535177The GOP Industrialist Investors must LOVE China ... Virtually NO meaningful Environmental Regulations ... What a GREAT Place to do Business, eh ... ???Wed, 06 Jun 2012 19:51:13 -0500My nephew was teaching in Beijing for a year, and he said the smog there was worse than in LA. He's used to the polluted air of Pittsburgh, so he's familiar with air that feels like it needs to be *chewed*http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29160915/China:_Stop_Reporting_Our_Air_Pollution!?post_id=520535129#520535129My nephew was teaching in Beijing for a year, and he said the smog there was worse than in LA. He's used to the polluted air of Pittsburgh, so he's familiar with air that feels like it needs to be *chewed*Wed, 06 Jun 2012 19:49:15 -0500I have just read the Chinese consider our lax gun laws to be violating human rights.Funny, they were not saying that while they were exporting guns to the US before Clinton stopped the import of guns from China.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29160915/China:_Stop_Reporting_Our_Air_Pollution!?post_id=520479665#520479665I have just read the Chinese consider our lax gun laws to be violating human rights.Funny, they were not saying that while they were exporting guns to the US before Clinton stopped the import of guns from China.Tue, 05 Jun 2012 09:42:34 -0500