Tag: china
Langur portrait attempt
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When air is not free
One of the biggest headlines out of China in recent weeks has been Beijing’s “airpocalypse“.  It’s heartbreaking when people can’t even take clean air for granted. Here’s a sensationalistic report about a correlation between childhood air quality and intelligence. Will Beijingers (and much of China) soon be plagued with a generation of even greater idiocy?
Little Donkey Farm
I’ve mentioned Beijing’s Little Donkey Farm a couple of times already. Â I finally had the chance to visit.
Food safety has been a huge issue in China in recent years, and wealthy urban dwellers are starting to scramble for food that will not render them sterile or cancerous. Â Little Donkey Farm capitalizes on this fear by giving Beijingers a few options for access to less-toxic food. Â Insecure urbanites can subscribe to a weekly order of in-season vegetables, or they can rent a plot of land at the farm and either tend it themselves on the weekends or pay the farm to raise vegetables on it.