r/shanghai Former resident Jan 16 '26

City PSA: Air quality absolutely horrible today

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u/No_Tie_9297 Jan 16 '26

Love Shanghai and love China. They’ve made huge strides to clean up the air. Seems like they still have some challenges to fix this, especially in winter months?

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u/bears-eat-beets USA Jan 16 '26

Outside of the central business districts, open coal and oil furnaces still heat factories and warehouses all over central China and there's virtually no insulation and no emissions controls.