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hatrack

(59,446 posts)
Sat Apr 13, 2013, 05:33 PM Apr 2013

Newest Must-Have For International Schools In Beijing - Pressurized Domes To Fit Over Playgrounds

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International schools are racing to buy sealed domes that cover playgrounds, enabling children to play on days when it is unsafe to run outside, said Mary Ren, product director at the Beijing division of Yeadon, which makes bubblelike domes that purify and pressurize air. Yeadon installed a $650,000, 18,000-square-foot dome at international school Dulwich College Beijing in 2011, Ms. Ren said.

Dulwich sends children into the dome, equipped with basketball courts and special lighting, when the air quality index hits 250, said Cynthia Maclean, head of external relations at Dulwich. By comparison, New York's air quality index was 30 on Friday morning.

Pollution has also spurred concern among China's domestic workers. Some local executives are looking to relocate to cleaner cities said Louisa Wong, founder of Asia-focused executive search firm Bó Lè Associates, noting that people think the grass is greener elsewhere. Those in Beijing want to go to Shanghai, those in Shanghai want to go to Hong Kong, and in Hong Kong they want out, Ms. Wong said.

Headhunters say many foreign executives are still keen to move to the mainland to tap opportunities unavailable in the U.S. or Europe. There are around 600,000 foreigners across China according to China's 2010 census. Long-term expatriates in Beijing and Shanghai say life in China in most ways got progressively easier in recent years, with top-notch international schools, specialty import grocery stores and American-themed suburban subdivisions.

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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324010704578418343148947824.html

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Newest Must-Have For International Schools In Beijing - Pressurized Domes To Fit Over Playgrounds (Original Post) hatrack Apr 2013 OP
What a vicious little circle. Buzz Clik Apr 2013 #1
I, for one, welcome our dystopian science fiction future phantom power Apr 2013 #2
Bandaid. gtar100 Apr 2013 #3
 

Buzz Clik

(38,437 posts)
1. What a vicious little circle.
Sat Apr 13, 2013, 05:46 PM
Apr 2013

The air is too polluted because of excessive consumption of filthy fossil fuels. The answer? Power up the dome -- burn more energy to clean just a tiny bit of the environment ... while everyone else chokes to death on the extra smog you generate.

gtar100

(4,192 posts)
3. Bandaid.
Sat Apr 13, 2013, 06:13 PM
Apr 2013

Let's hope the smog hangs heavy over the Chinese government buildings in Beijing. Unless they suffer the consequences of their own shortsightedness, they are unlikely to implement any *real* solutions.

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