When you look at that graph, and, indeed, today's, you'll notice that the peak moments coincide with low wind speeds. Winds are very strong in spring afternoons and I believe they blow a lot of the pollution away. When the wind dies down at night, the air fills up with pollution again. From diesel trucks, certainly, but construction, too. And agricultural stalk burning.
What puzzles me is that the humidity, which reaches 100% at night, doesn't precipitate the pollution. I thought it should?
Anyway, high AQI rates are common for Kunming in spring. But that doesn't mean it isn't utterly disgusting. We should all be aware that we're slowly being killed here.
Cycling the Nujiang: Bingzhongluo and the Tibet border
发布者There is a person on the main street in Bingzhongluo who rents out a jeep and two motorcycles. But you'd have to talk to him well ahead because they're often rented out. We also talked about some people in a repair shop about renting out the vehicles that were repaired, but didn't have a lot of luck with that. Maybe if you give a better impression.
You should also probably know that riding in Bingzhongluo may require above average driving/riding skills. You often have to ford fast streaming rivers, cross vehicles on ridiculously narrow roads and mount steep and badly paved mountain trails.
Fog shuts down Kunming airport, strands thousands
发布者Why is fog really a problem with landing/taking off? I have flown many times with dense fogs and usually I think the instruments do their thing... I believe something else is at play.
Kunming addresses taxi shift change troubles
发布者Ride a bicycle. Really. I don't know why you would waste time and money on those unreliable suckers.
Getting Away: Hongtudi Scenic Area
发布者Haha there's a bridge over the River Kuai :D
Interview: punk band Hell Yeah
发布者Still don't know what it is though. I'm guessing a massage parlour? But then with a sleazy edge?