China’s Skies More Beautiful Than Ever
- Categories: International, News
- Date: Feb 5, 2013 15:20 JST
- Tags: Bizarre, Cars, China, Image Gallery, Made in China, Medical, Photography, Winter
Even as she chokes herself to death under the biggest and most toxic shroud of smog in history, China has won some admirers for the ethereal quality of scenery she now offers those brave enough to chance their lungs to see.
Canned air and stylish air filters are amongst the latest innovations to grace Chinese markets, although with the air merely coming from elsewhere in China and the masks being made in China, there may be some reasonable doubts as to the efficacy of either:
Official Chinese statistics suggest some 600,000,000 Chinese were affected by air pollution in January alone, with the toxic cloud covering a quarter of the nation.
According to estimates published by one Chinese paper, air pollution will kill 300,000 Chinese this year, and hospitalise a further 600,000 – a toll which may paradoxically only add to China’s impressive growth rates, as expenditures on treatments and efforts to mitigate pollution are liable to be counted as additions to GDP.
Even neighbouring Japan is not safe – the cloud now extends over the entirety of Kyushu, and cities there have been forced to begin monitoring air quality and issuing health advisories:
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Remember when canned air was just a joke?
Now it's sadly hilarious.
I'd say it's sadlarious.
Actually good business.
Imagine Nestea or Evian selling canned air alongside their bottled water.
A can of air is a little less useful though. At least, when it's a soda can. I can't imagine that you would get more than one or two breaths of fresh air out of a can like that.
That's assuming it's even fresh air. The canned air factories are probably belching out much of the smog.
It probably has shavings of lead in it too so you're breathing in lead air >.>
It remind me about Doraemon. May be Japanese will need them.
I'd say it's hilariously sad...
They should already start building the second layer of the city above the smog. Then just add some flying cars, androids and voilà, we have cyberpunk.
didn't they do that in fifth element?
Look like Persona4 to me...
Everyone, summon your Personas!
*shoots himself in the head*
...
...
*dies*
What the Chinese government isn't telling us is the numerous bodies found hanging on telephone poles!
Space Balls (Perri-Air anyone?) although if they have pyramid headed people roaming the streets than that will make interesting news or a mediocre game.
Looks like Silent Hill is taking over
Yes they did, but they should do it for realz.
agreed fifth element city them would be cool, anyway its a damn shame that to live to 30+ you probably need a face mask since birth damn dictator and his childish ways
@21:53
With their birth rate they kinda need this as a form of population control.
I don't wanna imagine China Quality Blade Runner.
>BOOM!<
"What?"
"Oh, don't worry dear tourist customer, that was just yet another flying car exploding and raining deadly shrapnel over innocent pedestrians. So, your grilled spicy chicken is ready, enjoy!"
It's the government's way of controlling the over-population there....by legally slowly poisoning the citizens >.>
Never heard of smog, young anon? You should look for pictures of California around the 70's-80's. It looked similar yet not close to this I think.
" It looked similar yet not close to this I think."
Those are two ends of the similarity spectrum, it was either 'similar' or 'not close'.. which is it?
Just another reason I will never desire to visit China.
Why are the skies so cloudy? Is everyone getting high as fuck all at the same time? People will die from AIDS as a result.
I can imagine the pirated replicants trying act out their favorite Japanese movie ZombieAss by pooping in the middle of the subway trains and then exploding in a blaze of gory!
Why not? Would have even more explosions than a movie directed by Michael Bay.
Just wait until someone anywhere strikes a match.. wait for it..
Some of them look like a concert where someone released too much dry ice
China Quality Blade Runner is pretty much cyberpunk, every cyborg has a kill switch phrase which randomly triggers.
+1
First thing i thought
I agree OP, make Hengsha already.
I never asked for this, but it's still cool.
In b4 chinese Sybil system and psycho pass readings.
Flying cars Not sure. I can see it being a matter of time before they start construction on a second layer.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/02/us-china-pollution-oilcompanies-idUSBRE9110F620130202
We're getting there... did you see DARPA's very latest walking pet robot?
I admit. This is pretty damn cool yet at the same time sad. But my imagination is just going wild here thorwing all sorts of possible settings this has given.
kikokugai world
Like in Deus Ex 3!
Except its China, their flying cars will be made out of trash
And their second layer will collapse on the first.
"Canned Air" We are one step closer to Spaceballs.
China is a spacesballs kinda place.
Or Dominion.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiabeNR_q0U
"As Prime Minister of the People's Republic of China, I can assure you and your viewers that there is no air shortage whatsoever in Beijing! Yeah, of course. I've heard the same rumor myself. Thanks for calling, and not reversing the charges. Bye!"
*opens up can of Perri-Air*
Read in Mel Brooks voice.
China has such a surplus of air you can literally see it..
Thank you so much for posting it.
My jaw was just... down... and Mel Brooks' voice was in my head as soon as I saw the words.
China is officially a comedy now. Course it has been already I guess.
reminds me of Evangelion.. monsters could pop up
mist everywhere...just like in FF9.
they better get ready to fight those random encounters when they go out.
Even the sky is made in China. Damn.