Anyone here Been to China Lately?

[Archie]

how bad is the air really?

 

[xpansive]

This should tell you all you need to know...

 

[xpansive]

Archie, my brother had to come home from China halfway through his 6 month trip with a kidney infection that was attributed to the lack of air quality.

Its not a place you would ever miss once you left.

 

[Saulty]

People are buying canned polluted air as souvenir? Why didn't I think of that!

 

[xpansive]

People are buying canned polluted air as souvenir? Why didn't I think of that!

Maybe because you can still see more than 10 yeards when you look ahead

 

[Saulty]

Maybe because you can still see more than 10 yeards when you look ahead

lol

Congrats on 2,000 posts pal. I see no one mentioned this milestone.

 

[roguejuror]

Archie, my brother had to come home from China halfway through his 6 month trip with a kidney infection that was attributed to the lack of air quality.

Its not a place you would ever miss once you left.

did he had a previous condition?

 

[xpansive]

Thanks Saulty.

Hoping the next 2000 posts are as propserous as the 1st 2000

RJ he has polycystic kidneys, so the answer is yes.

As a cultural experience he loved the place and was going to go back as soon as infected kidney cleared up but decided against it and has no regrets about that.

Air quality makes you feel lethargic and expect to suffer from multiple respiratory complaints if you havent been exposed to that level of pollution for a sustained period before...

 

[betplom]

did he had a previous condition?

obviously.

his previous condition was that his body was accustomed to unpolluted oxygen in the air.

 

[roguejuror]

in what city was he?

 

[xpansive]

in what city was he?

He was in Chengdu city, in the Sichaun Provence which he said in terms of air quality was actually better than the majority of China.

Also said alot of people chainsmoke cigarettes like their going out of fashion and could give 2 hoots about doing anything to improve the air quality.

 

[Archie]

yeah Big Al mentioned the canned air thing a few days back, then showed me some pictures of the smog. I couldn't believe it was really that bad.

in 2007 in anticipation I put 3k into a stock FTEK because they were supposed to blow up, due to helping clean the Bejing air.....

its down to about 200 bucks now!!!!

 

[Blitty]

Hong Kong wasn't bad last month..

 

[FairWarning]

It's all the American corporations fault

 

[betplom]

It's all the American corporations fault

Now your getting it.

 

[Mudcat]

China is a big country. It's possible I have been there and didn't know.

 

[roguejuror]

xpy so you canceled the trip you had planned?

 

[xpansive]

xpy so you canceled the trip you had planned?

Correct.

Was informed its not really the kind of place you want to go for a holiday

Roguey, where would you want to go for a holiday?