Comments on: China Speeds Up Water Quality Reporting http://china.blogs.time.com/2009/07/02/china-speeds-up-water-quality-reporting/ Daily commentary about China by TIME correspondents. Mon, 07 Dec 2009 23:17:37 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Cleaner Skies in Beijing - The China Blog – TIME.com http://china.blogs.time.com/2009/07/02/china-speeds-up-water-quality-reporting/comment-page-1/#comment-2837 Cleaner Skies in Beijing - The China Blog – TIME.com Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:08:42 +0000 http://china.blogs.time.com/?p=2099#comment-2837 [...] if more timely emissions numbers would be available soon, though as we noted yesterday, China is already doing that for water [...] [...] if more timely emissions numbers would be available soon, though as we noted yesterday, China is already doing that for water [...]

]]> By: johnsmith9876 http://china.blogs.time.com/2009/07/02/china-speeds-up-water-quality-reporting/comment-page-1/#comment-2831 johnsmith9876 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:58:04 +0000 http://china.blogs.time.com/?p=2099#comment-2831 I have been suggesting that they put blue dye in their gasoline so that the sky can remain blue all the time. I have been suggesting that they put blue dye in their gasoline so that the sky can remain blue all the time.

]]> By: johnsmith9876 http://china.blogs.time.com/2009/07/02/china-speeds-up-water-quality-reporting/comment-page-1/#comment-2830 johnsmith9876 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:56:41 +0000 http://china.blogs.time.com/?p=2099#comment-2830 sing666: You really should go see a doctor: http://tinyurl.com/lnfvrp Being tied up on a chair will not fix your problem. sing666: You really should go see a doctor:
http://tinyurl.com/lnfvrp

Being tied up on a chair will not fix your problem.

]]> By: conscienceinchina http://china.blogs.time.com/2009/07/02/china-speeds-up-water-quality-reporting/comment-page-1/#comment-2829 conscienceinchina Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:29:03 +0000 http://china.blogs.time.com/?p=2099#comment-2829 From Chinabriefing's comment, I think of a ridiculous scene: Have you ever seen the CCTV's propaganda promo "The Great Landscape(大好河山)"? Almost all the pictures are covered with the color filter in order to gloss over the smoggy sky and the turbid water. That's to say, even though the scenic spots used to be flaunted can not escape from the all-pervasive pollution. Such forgery is too crude to cheat even a kid. Will the CCP "harmonize" the "Time" with such an unskilled craft? From Chinabriefing's comment, I think of a ridiculous scene: Have you ever seen the CCTV's propaganda promo "The Great Landscape(大好河山)"? Almost all the pictures are covered with the color filter in order to gloss over the smoggy sky and the turbid water. That's to say, even though the scenic spots used to be flaunted can not escape from the all-pervasive pollution. Such forgery is too crude to cheat even a kid. Will the CCP "harmonize" the "Time" with such an unskilled craft?

]]> By: chinabriefing http://china.blogs.time.com/2009/07/02/china-speeds-up-water-quality-reporting/comment-page-1/#comment-2825 chinabriefing Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:41:43 +0000 http://china.blogs.time.com/?p=2099#comment-2825 Just like how the CCP likes coloring their concrete mountains green to "luhua", they are now dying the water blue. That is why they don't mind showing their water is "clean" now. Any praise is premature in that it puts the cart before the horse. If anyone believes transparency is the purpose of the government, they haven't studied the CCP. Water quality data sets no targets, imposes no guidelines, makes no law on water quality control. Provincial governments will ignore it. The CCP will likely rig the numbers and say they have improved their environmental policies and forget about controlling water quality altogether. Just like how the CCP likes coloring their concrete mountains green to "luhua", they are now dying the water blue. That is why they don't mind showing their water is "clean" now.

Any praise is premature in that it puts the cart before the horse. If anyone believes transparency is the purpose of the government, they haven't studied the CCP. Water quality data sets no targets, imposes no guidelines, makes no law on water quality control. Provincial governments will ignore it. The CCP will likely rig the numbers and say they have improved their environmental policies and forget about controlling water quality altogether.

]]> By: johnsmith9876 http://china.blogs.time.com/2009/07/02/china-speeds-up-water-quality-reporting/comment-page-1/#comment-2818 johnsmith9876 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:25:28 +0000 http://china.blogs.time.com/?p=2099#comment-2818 Hmm.. Getting the numbers out quicker and more.. But will they be righter ? Of course, "right" must be "right for the Chinese government". Hmm.. Getting the numbers out quicker and more.. But will they be righter ? Of course, "right" must be "right for the Chinese government".

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