Jennifer Jett is the Asia Digital Editor for NBC News, based in Hong Kong.
BEIJING — On the banks of a river on the outskirts of China’s teeming capital, a sign on a blocked pathway gently warned people away: “It’s the black swan’s incubation period, please quietly go around.” From a platform above, visitors at the Qinghe Waterfront Green Corridor watched as the swan guarded several eggs in her nest, getting prickly with the occasional duck that wandered too close. Other birds swam nearby as the sun sparkled on the water from a clear blue sky.
The importance of green space in cities across China has become more apparent in recent decades as rapid urbanization was accompanied by suffocating pollution that in Beijing peaked around 2013. Though air quality has since improved, parks provide welcome respite from the fast pace and relentless traffic of sprawling cities such as Beijing, especially for young people pushing back against China’s intense working conditions.
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