Allergic to Beijing.

I've been here about 3 and 1/2 days so far, and I'm already allergic to Beijing's pollution :( it's terrible, I feel like I have a cold - or a sinus infection. The pollution is TERRIBLE, and we are in the suburby area of the city, I hope downtown Beijing is not as bad. The pollution is so bad that you can never see the sun, its just like a grey hazy, smog thats always there. The sky gets brighter and darker variations of grey depending on the time of day. One of the older China Care kids told another intern that when the sun comes out sometimes, it hurts everyone's eyes because it's too bright. SAD :(