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1 | China's Air Pollution Monitoring Network: Too Little, Too Late? | Tambajotra Fanaraha-Maso Ny Fandotoan-dRivotra Ao Shina: Kely Loatra, Tara Loatra? |
2 | This post is part of our ongoing special coverage China's Pollution Problem. | Lahatsoratra ao anaty fanadihadiana manokana sokajy Olan'ny Fandotoana Ao Shina. |
3 | In this screen capture from Youku, smog engulfed northern China during the October national holiday. | Ahitana ny zavon-tsetroka mitelina ny ao avaratr'i Shina mandritra ny fetim-pirenena volana oktobra eto amin'ity pikantsary nalaina avy amin'ny Youku ity. |
4 | Heavy smog in northern China during the seven-day national holiday resulted in the shut down of more than 30 highways and a number of airport in Beijing and its surrounding areas. | Niteraka fanakatonana lalambe migodàna mihoatra ny 30 sy seranam-piaramanidina maromaro ihany ao Beijing sy ny faritra manodidina azy ny zavon-tsetroka tao Shina Avaratra nandritra ny fito andro fankalazana ny fetim-pirenena . |
5 | To address public grievances and frustrations, the Chinese authorities reintroduced its three- to five-year plan to monitor air quality under the Air Pollution Control Program, which has been unveiled earlier in September. | Ho famaliana ny fitarainana sy ny lonilonim-bahoaka, dia nampiditra indray ny drafitr'asa maharitra dimy taona antsoina hoe Programam-panaraha-maso ny Fandotoan-dRivotra, izay nolazaina tamin'ny fiandohan'ny volana septambra teo, ny fitondrana Shinoa hanaraha-maso ny kalitaon'ny rivotra. |
6 | However, netizens are getting impatient with the situation: instead of monitoring, why not address the root cause? | Saingy tsy mahandry intsony ny mpiserasera manoloana ny toe-draharaha: Maninona no tsy tonga dia vahana ny olana fa mbola hanara-maso indray ? |
7 | The Chinese Center For Disease Control and Prevention said the nationwide monitoring network would be built within the next three to five years. | Nilaza ny Foibe Shinoa Mpanara-Maso sy Misoroka ny Aretina fa ho tafatsangana ao anatin'ny telo ka hatramin'ny dimy taona ny tambajotram-panaraha-maso manerana ny firenena. |
8 | The system will be charged with establishing correlations between air pollution and people's heath, and the first batch of the monitoring sites, a total of 43 and all in smog-prone provinces, will be put to work this year. | Hiandraikitra ny fifandraisana misy eo amin'ny fandotoan-drivotra sy ny fahasalaman'ny olona ilay rafitra, The system will be charged with establishing correlations between air pollution and people's heath, ary ny andiany voalohany hametrahana ny toera-panaraha-maso dia apetraka any amin'ny faritany tena mizaka ny zavon-tsetroka indrindra, miisa 43 ny isan'izy rehetra, amin'ity taona ity. |
9 | People are rather skeptical of the monitoring system. | Mbola tsy resy lahatra amin'ilay rafitra fanaraha-maso ny olona. |
10 | Hanlei Qiu Baoyang, who lives in Beijing, questioned on popular Chinese microblogging site Sina Weibo if the monitoring network would really solve the air problems: | Hanlei Qiu Baoyang, izay monina ao Beijing, nanontany tao amin'ny famahanam-bilaogy bitika malaza Shinoa Sina Weibo raha hamaha ny olan'ny rivotra fohina tokoa ny tambajotra fanaraha-maso. |
11 | We are going to spend the next three to five years merely setting up monitoring [system]. | [Efa voafafa ny hafatra] Mila telo ka hatramin'ny dimy taona isika hametrahana ny [rafitra] fanaraha-maso fotsiny. |
12 | Are we going to spend another ten years controlling [the pollution]? | Mila folo taona hafa ve isika hanaraha-maso ny [fandotoana]? |
13 | China, I offer no comments. | Shina ô, tsy manan-kevitra aho |
14 | Equally skeptical is “Shenyang Jixiangzi”, a resident from China's northeastern city of Shenyang. | Tsy matoky ihany koa i “Shenyang Jixiangzi” monina ao Shenyang any avaratra atsinanan'i Shina. |
15 | He wrote: | Nanoratra izy [hafatra efa voafafa]: |
16 | Unbelievable, even with the [air pollution] index already off the charts, they still talk about spending five years to build a monitoring network. | Tsy mampino, na dia efa mihoatra ny fetra aza ny tahan'ny [fandotoan-drivotra], dia mbola mila dimy taona ry zareo hananganana tambajotram-panarahamaso. |
17 | May I ask relevant departments, do you still need ten years to build an administrative mechanism, 15 years to build an appraisal mechanism, 20 years to build a supervisory mechanism….., in the end, there will be no consideration for punitive mechanism. | Afa-manontany ny sampan-draharaha miandraikitra izany ve aho, mbola mila folo taona ve ianareo rafi-pitantanana, 15 taona hananganana rafi-panombanana, 20 taona hananganana rafi-panarahamaso….., any amin'ny farany any, tsy misy ny resaka hananganana rafi-panasaziana |
18 | “YiZhi Xianren”, a sales manager in southwestern city of Chengdu, roared: | Ningonongonona i “YiZhi Xianren”, talen'ny varotra iray avy any Chengdu any atsimon'i Shina: |
19 | The smog in our country this year has affected nearly 600 million people. | Nahatratra olona manakaiky ny 600 tapitrisa ny zavon-tsetroka amin'ny firenentsika. |
20 | [It is equivalent to] suicide. | [Mitovy amin'ny] famonoan-tena. |
21 | What was the reason behind it? | Inona ny antony ao ambadika? |
22 | Who should be held accountable?? | Iza no tokony hotazonina ho tompon'andraikitra?? |
23 | Can we put a stop to it and get rid of it in a fundamental way?? | Azontsika atsahatra ve ary esorina hatramin'ny fakany?? |
24 | Studies have already established the negative effect of air pollution on health. | Efa nanaporofo ny fiantraikany ratsy ateraky ny fandotoan-drivotra ny fanadihadiana maro. |
25 | A recent study published by the National Academy of Sciences indicated that a person living in the north of China has a life expectancy cut short by five and a half years because of pollution. | Nisy fanadihadiana navoakan'ny Akademiam-Pirenena momba ny Siansa nanondro fa nihena dimy taona sy tapany ny taham-pahavelomana ho an'ny olona monina any avaratr'i Shina. |
26 | According to Xu Donggun, an official with the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the lingering smog in 2013 has affected 17 provinces in China and 600 million people - nearly half the nation's population. | Araka ny nolazain'i Xu Donggun, tompon'andraikitra iray ao amin'ny Foibe Shinoa Mpanara-Maso sy Misoroka ny Aretina, fa nahahenika faritany 17 ao Shina ny zavon-tsetroka tamin'ity taona ity sy mponina 600 tapitrisa - manakaiky ny atsasaky ny mponina. |
27 | To tackle the situation, the State Council announced in June a set of initiatives to combat pollution, including improvements in vehicle fuel quality, downsizing the high-polluting industrial sectors, and a shifting toward renewable energy sources. | Ho fiatrehana izany toe-draharaha izany, nanambara ny Filakevi-Panjakana tamin'ny Jona fa hametraka fepetra iadiana amin'ny fandotoana, ka ao anatin'izany ny fanatsarana ny soliky ny fiara, fampihenana ny sokajin'orinasa mpandoto, ary ny fitodihana tsikelikely mankany amin'ny loharanon'angovo azo havaozina. |
28 | The plan has been consolidated into the 2013 to 2017 “Air Pollution Control Program” released by the State Council in September 2013. | Nohamafisina tao amin'ny “Fandaharan'Asam-Panarahamaso Ny Fandotoan-dRivotra” 2013 ka hatramin'ny 2017 navoakan'ny Filakevi-Panjakana Septambra 2013 izany. |
29 | The program, which will cost 1.7 trillion yuan (about 278 billion US dollars), set [zh] an ambitious target to cut PM2. | Fandaharana izay hitentina 1,7 arivo miliara yuan (tokotokony ho 278 miliara dolara US), mametraka [zh] fanamby hanao izay hampihena hatramin'ny 25% ny PM2. |
30 | 5, fine particles most detrimental to human lungs, by 25 percent by 2017 in Beijing and its neighboring areas. | 5, eo amin'ny manodidina an'i Beijing sy ny manodidina azy hatramin'ny 2017. |
31 | Back in January of this year, the US Embassy in Beijing announced on Twitter that the PM2. | Raha iverenana ny tamin'ny volanajanoary tamin'ity taona ity, nanambara tao amin'ny Twitter ny Masoivohon'i Etazonia tao Beijing fa ny haavo PM2. |
32 | 5 level was “beyond index”, which means a reading above 500. | 5 dia efa “ambonin'ny fetra”, izany hoe mihoatra ny 500. |
33 | According to the Environmental Protection Agency, people should avoid outdoor activity at the levels between 301 and 500. | Araka ny sampandraharahan'ny Fiarovana ny Tontolo Iainana, tokony tsy hanao lahasa ivelan'ny trano ny olona eo amin'ny haavo anelanelan'ny 301 sy ny 500. |
34 | A New York Times reporter compared the over 500 record-breaking hazardous level to an airport smokers' lounge. | Nisy mpanangom-baovaon'ny New York Times nampitaha io taha tafahoatra ny 500 io amin'ny toera-piandrasana ao amin'ny seranam-piaramanidina natokana ho an'ny mpifoka sigara. |
35 | More netizens commented sarcastically about the travel chaos caused by smog during the recent national holiday. | Maro ny mpiserasera miresaka am-panesoesoana ny fikorontanan-dia nateraky ny zavon-tsetroka nandritra ny fetim-pirenena teo. |
36 | Yaochen, a Chinese mainland actress who is followed by 50 million Weibo users, wrote in mockery: | Yaochen, mpiantsehatra Shinoa Tanibe izay arahina mpisera Weibo 50 tapitrisa, nanoratra tamin-drabiraby : |
37 | During the long national holiday, there were few vehicles on the roads of Beijing, the traffic in the city was smooth, but still [the air] was smoggy and suffocating. | Nandritra ny fetim-pirenena, vitsy ny fiara nivezivezy tao amin'ny lalan'i Beijing, misosa tsara ny fifamoivoizana tao an-tanàna fa mbola nanempotra ihany ny zavon-tsetroka. |
38 | The rumour that “vehicles are the main polluters” does not hold water, vehicles have been redressed and spared of injustice. | Tsy mitombina noho izany ny tsaho fa “ny fiarakodia no tena mpandoto”, nomena ny toerana sahaza azy indray fiara rehefa nampangaina tamin'ny tsy rariny |
39 | It is clear the the pollution is related with the pursuit of GDP growth, Shanghai resident Chai Xiaowei wrote, spelling out the relationship between smog and the Chinese economy: | Mazava ankehitriny fa misy ifandraisany amin'ny fitomboan'ny harinkarena anatiny ny fandotoana, hoy ny fanamarihan'ilay mponina ao Shanghai antsoina hoe Chai Xiaowei: |
40 | China, under the norm of smoggy weather, opens a straight road for car consumption and industries like environmental protection, medicine, new energy have got bright futures, there will be increased value in those industries. | Manokatra lalambe migodàna any amin'ny fanjifana fiara i Shina, izay ny zavon-tsetroka no toetr'andro mahazatra azy, ary nahazo hoavy mamirapiratra ny orinasa tahaka ny fiarovana ny tontolo iainana, fanafody, angovo vaovao, hitombo lanja hatrany ireo orinasa ireo |