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[–] 22 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

They also moved shitload of industry outside of Beijing around 2008, so the pollution moves to more rural cities.

EV and transport in Beijing is great, impressive, and I enjoy them greatly when I was there, but it is also important to set realistic expectations. Switching to EV and transport improves people's lives a lot and probably can be a golden bullets in many western cities. But for a city as dense and big as Beijing, there needs to be other sacrifices.

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