Breaking news: CCP propagandists lie. Write that down and memorize it.
Below is a letter from an environmental consultant that was sent by the Foreign Correspondents Club of China (FCCC) to every foreign reporter in town. The lying liars are caught with their lying pants down around their lying ankles.
Monitoring and Reporting of Beijing Air Quality
Several reporters have mentioned that they have had difficulty in finding me, and I wanted to share my contact information (located below).
The Beijing Environmental Protection Bureau recently held a press conference and denied manipulating Beijing air quality data.
“So there is no such thing we crossed out some stations in heavy-traffic areas,” Du Shaozhong.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-02/27/content_7681326.htm
In case you want to confirm that Mr. Du’s statements were factually incorrect you can check the website he suggested:
Here’s the link for December 31, 2007. http://www.bjepb.gov.cn/air/Air.aspx?time-2007-12-31
Notice that air quality for Qianmen (东城区å‰é—¨) and Chegongzhuang (海淀区车公庄) are reported
Check the link for January 1, 2008. Notice neither Qianmen nor Chegongzhuang are reported.
http://www.bjepb.gov.cn/air2008/Air.aspx?time=2008-1-1
These are the two monitoring stations in traffic areas that were removed. See for example the 1998 BJEPB Annual Environmental Statement: “车公庄和å‰é—¨ä¸¤ä¸ªç›‘测
åç«™ä½äºŽäº¤é€šè·¯å£ï¼Œä¸»è¦ç›‘测交通环境状况;
其他å„å站分别代表居ä½åŒºã€
商业区和工业区的环境状况”
http://www.bjepb.gov.cn/bjhb/tabid/68/InfoID/2614/frtid/66/Default.aspx
I am happy to respond to any questions regarding the monitoring and reporting of Beijing air quality. If the links above are removed, I’m also happy to provide PDF versions for any and all dates if anyone is interested.
Regards,
Steven Q. Andrews
Independent Environmental Consultant
Washington, DC
Well, there you have it. And yes, Bush and his henchmen lie, too. But at least they do it with a little more finesse.
I removed Mr. Andrews’ email address, which was in the original letter, knowing how some commenters have taken to sending rather outspoken emails to people mentioned here.
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