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Beijing wasn't expected to include PM2.5 in its daily roundups of the air quality anytime soon. Those disclosures, for example "light" or "serious," are based on the amount of PM10, sulfur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide in the air. Beijing interprets air quality using less stringent standards than the U.S. Embassy, so often when the government says pollution is "light," the embassy terms it "hazardous." "There has been tremendous amounts of attention in the Chinese media
-- whichever newspaper you pick up, whichever radio station you listen to, channel you watch
-- they are all talking about PM2.5 and how levels are so high," said Andrews. "What has been so powerful is that people are skeptical, and I think rightly skeptical," about the government's descriptions of data, he said. ___ Online: Beijing center's readings (in Chinese): The U.S. Embassy's Twitter feed:
http://zx.bjmemc.com.cn/
https://twitter.com/beijingair
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