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

Why HN readers recommended it

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

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Christopher He

Topic

china air pollution

Format

documentary

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

3

HN mentions in dataset

4

Recommendation years in dataset

2015–2018

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From the original HN conversations

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• 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]

• 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 …

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