Check out PurpleAir in Asia. Lots of sensors in Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, Taiwan, Nepal, Laos, Cambodia, Mongolia. Very few in China, and none in Beijing.

[–] zephyreks@programming.dev 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You mean, China doesn't want a US IoT company to install a whole bunch of sensors in China? Say it isn't so!

[–] fubo@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In my experience, when someone wants to restrict you from speaking about the facts of the world you live in, they usually don't have your best interests at heart.

[–] zephyreks@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago

Ah yes, because installing a foreign-built sensor network is all about speaking the facts about the world you live in. Of course.

[–] Deceptichum@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

But than how could China lie?

[–] Kbobabob@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

While China’s particulate pollution levels are within its national standards, they “significantly exceed” the World Health Organization’s (WHO) guidelines

Still not exactly great but at least it's progress.

[–] judgeholden@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago

glad it's gotten better, hope it keeps improving. it's something we take for granted in developed countries - the air in New England was so awful during the Canadian wildfires you didn't even want to be outside, and there are places where that's kind of a normal thing.

[–] brihuang95@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

i remember beijing in the early 2010's being a smog hellhole. i heard it's gotten way better since but i haven't been back myself to confirm it

[–] zephyreks@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's gotten way better, like, shockingly better.

[–] TheDarkKnight@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

If China has one major strength, it’s that it can make changes with the quickness. Most definitely that is the tied to their style of government (most aspects I’d be critical to, this area however…) but they excel at rapid transformation.