标题: Washington Post [打印本页] 作者: choi 时间: 1-23-2012 10:20 标题: Washington Post Washington Post
(1) Andrew Higgins, Beijing professor and Descendant of Confucius Provokes Anger by Insulting Hong Kongers. Jan 22 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wo ... QAh2g4IQ_story.html
(KONG Qingdong of Peking University)
Note: Rockville, Maryland http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockville,_Maryland
(county seat of Montgomery County; The name Rockville is "believed to be derived from Rock Creek")
"According to a Jan. 8 report by the Xinhua News Agency, research by Beijing authorities found that 60 percent of the smallest particulate matter in the city’s air comes from coal burning, car emissions and industrial production; 23 percent from dust [eg, from conastruction sites]; and 17 percent from the use of solvents.
"What residents find most frustrating is the knowledge that the government is capable of cleaning up the air. It was done in 2008, before the start of the Beijing Olympics, when factories were shut down and tough restrictions were imposed on cars. Shanghai did the same around the time of the Shanghai World Expo last year, and Guangzhou cleaned up in time for the 2010 Asian Games.