How China Fixed Its Air in 5 Years (And Why India Can’t)

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Learn to edit and create videos like AevyTV - https://class.aevytv.com/video_editing Apply for Senior Motion Graphics Designer Role at AevyTV: https://forms.gle/GDgMTFdQmoe1MaNL9 India’s pollution crisis has reached a point where Delhi is recording AQI levels so high that children growing up in the capital are predicted to lose 8–10 years of life. But what’s wild is that Beijing was once in the exact same position, even worse in 2013, and still managed to clean up its air in under a decade. This video breaks down why Delhi’s pollution is so catastrophic from its geographical bowl and winter inversion to vehicles, dust, construction, and crop burning and then shows how Beijing executed one of the world’s most successful clean-air turnarounds. If Beijing could fix it with similar geography, tougher pollution, and the same excuses… why can’t we? Let’s understand the science, the politics, the money, and the accountability needed to actually save millions of Indian lives. 📌Follow us on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/aevytvdaily/ 📌https://www.instagram.com/aevyvideoschool/ 📌https://www.instagram.com/achinamayya/ Sources: https://essd.copernicus.org/preprints/essd-2023-90/essd-2023-90-ATC2.pdf https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-23880-8 https://aaqr.org/articles/aaqr-13-01-oa-0031.pdf https://isprs-annals.copernicus.org/articles/V-3-2020/731/2020/isprs-annals-V-3-2020-731-2020.pdf https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0048969718347247 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1364682619304262 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0169809518307130 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0195925524000994 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6918940/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6900509/ https://www.iomcworld.com/open-access/environmental-concerns-in-national-capital-territory-of-delhi-india-2332-2594-1000147.pdf https://home.iitk.ac.in/~mukesh/Publications/Delhi_PM25_Analysis_personal_intervention.pdf https://news.mit.edu/2018/checking-china-pollution-by-satellite-0618 https://www.reuters.com/article/business/environment/china-says-more-than-18-000-officials-failed-or-performed-badly-in-protecting-en-idUSKBN1EM0HY/ https://voxchina.org/show-3-423.html https://resgov.org/contents/reports/NCAP-Budget-Insights-2025.pdf https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/toxicity-15-of-deaths-in-delhi-linked-to-air-pollution-says-study/articleshow/125013234.cms https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/most-funding-under-national-clean-air-programme-went-into-dust-management-cse-101721382882543.html https://scroll.in/article/1079832/how-delhis-location-and-geography-influence-its-chronic-pollution-levels https://www.aqi.in/blog/en-in/94-100-most-polluted-cities-are-in-india-2024-aqi-report/