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[Babala]

IJ,
I have asthma and to my surprize, I had more trouble with it when I lived in Canada. I have only had one attack since I have been in China. By the way asthma in Chinese is "xiao chuan" if you ever need to say it. I would suggest against moving to Xi'an though. It is more polluted than many other cities. I also would put in a vote for Shandong province.

[Captain Yossarian]

[randerso]

Hey, I'd have to weigh in with those that say Xi'an is very polluted. I've lived here for a year, through 4 seasons, and there has never been a clean one. I actually live a little outside the city, so my nostrils are pretty clean. But I often go in (just about every weekend) and after a 6 hr day down there, I come back with 'city eyes' which is a dry, foggy sensation; black stuff in my nose and maybe even a chunk of yuck in the back of my throat. (Sorry to be gross, but true info is what you need here).

Last month I was in the city for a whole week, full time. I've never coughed so much. But, to be fair, it wasn't horrible. They are putting a whole district of park space and Xi'an has more trees lining the streets than I've seen in China. Maybe the big boulevards in Bejing can compete.
Captain Yossarian is right about the traffic being the issue. It's pretty bad here, but I don't think you should count of the underground train - they've found a water table problem (too high, too close, something...) and the train idea has been scrapped.

I guess it's gonna depend on how serious your problem is. If it affects 'normal' people that have no pre-existing condition, it would be very bad for you. Maybe somewhere on the coast?

ps - there are no sandstorms here. There is an amazing amount of dirt on the ground, and it can sometimes get caught in the wind - but I've never seen anything that resembles a sandstorm.

[Zhubajie]