Term "Beijing Cough" Insults China, Says Local Doctor; Your Lungs Will Adapt, Eventually

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A top doctor in China said that the term "Beijing cough" is an insult to the Chinese capital. Professor Pan Xiaochuan of Peking University’s School of Public Health said that the term was created by expats and was not an official medical condition.

“Before you can find clear evidence of this [causal link], using the term ‘Beijing cough’ is an extreme insult to Beijing,” Pan told the Economic Information Daily, reported the South China Morning Post.

He went on to say that one would eventually acclimatize to the pollution.

"It's pretty rich for the doctor to insinuate that people living in Beijing — and, more particularly, foreigners — are whiners and exaggerators for complaining about the air in previous weeks," reported GlobalPost's senior correspondent Benjamin Carlson.

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http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/asia-pacific/china/130121/beijing-cough-insult-chinas-capital-expats-doctor-sa

[Demeter]

1. There are no words

I hope this was a bad translation...

[phantom power]

2. right, cuz we have no data on long term effects of air pollution on health...

[appal_jack]

3. Is "Pan" short for Pangloss? k&r, n/t

[kestrel91316]

4. The acclimatization he is referring to means that eventually your body will learn to

protect itself by simply not breathing.

There! Problem solved.

They hypoxia could be a small issue, however.

[wtmusic]

5. Word. To justify "acclimatize" in that context one would have to take some liberties

or a lot of meth.