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Chai Jing's review: Under the Dome – Investigating China’s Smog 柴静雾霾调查：穹顶之下 (full translation)

Christopher He · 1.4M views · 2015-03-01 · 1:43:56

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Overview

Chai Jing's 104-minute documentary on China's smog, with full English subtitles. A former TV anchor, she investigates what smog is, where it comes from and what can be done, prompted by her daughter's health problems.

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Recommended as an accessible, powerful introduction to severe urban air pollution, remembered also for being banned in China.

Recommended by 3 HN people across 3 months · HN mentions 2015–2018

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ak217 · 2015-12 · Strong recommendation

For an introduction to the problem, and to anyone who hasn't lived in a severely air polluted city, I highly recommend the documentary Under the Dome , released earlier this year and later banned in China: [VIDEO]

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bb101 · 2018-05 · Recommendation

China? Pertinent parallels with this part of Chai Jing's censored talk "Under the Dome"[1] (worth watching the whole thing actually). [1] [VIDEO]

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miralabs · 2015-07 · Recommendation

I still remember 2001 when I first arrived at Hongkong to work. My first day at the office, I got teary eyed. I told my boss why is it so..he told me it's because of the pollution and I should drink lots of water. It is probably way lot worse now. I saw this documentary recently, [VIDEO] it is a good watch. FYI China is also destroying marine life in the West Philippine Sea [LINK] [LINK]

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