????現(xiàn)實情況是,，有能力避開霧霾的人,，尤其是有孩子的家庭，正在逃離北京等一些被一項中國的研究稱為“不適宜居住”城市,。他們紛紛前往美國,、加拿大和歐洲國家，如塞浦路斯,、葡萄牙和英國等,，尋求永久居住權(quán)。

????今年冬天早些時候,，我曾在北京與幾位富裕家庭的母親交流。她們中一些人向我介紹了污染讓他們考慮移民的心路歷程,。與她們的交流給我?guī)砹撕芏鄦l(fā),，因為調(diào)查不會告訴你，有錢人也并不是輕易就做出了移民決定,。她們都表示,，移民是一個艱難的決定。中國的文化與語言讓他們希望留在國內(nèi),。但許多人擔(dān)心孩子的健康,，這個問題迫使她們做出了移民的打算。

????我和這幾位母親相約在一個豪華購物中心的一家星巴克（Starbucks）見面,，那里還云集著古馳（Gucci）,、（普拉達）Prada和Tom Ford等品牌的精品專營店?？Х瑞^里的其他人可能正聊政治,、體育話題的時候，這些母親們卻在交流有關(guān)霧霾的心事,。

????費爾班克斯?馮（音譯）的兩個女兒分別是10歲和8歲,。當(dāng)?shù)氐募彝ソ處焻f(xié)會（PTA）募集了人民幣200,000元（約合33,000美元）購買空氣凈化器，這樣一來,，盡管因為霧霾而經(jīng)常取消戶外活動,，但孩子們至少可以在學(xué)校里呼吸到清潔空氣。她希望孩子們在北京上學(xué)的時間可以更長一點,，但她不得不在7月份和孩子們一起回到英國,。空氣污染太嚴重,，她無法讓孩子們長期留在北京,。她的英國丈夫在北京經(jīng)營一家商業(yè)咨詢公司，他會繼續(xù)留在這里,。

????肖可可（音譯）告訴我,，她盡量不讓兩個女兒到外面玩,。去年夏天，她們?nèi)胰ッ绹糜?，先后游覽了亞特蘭大,、拉斯維加斯、洛杉磯和舊金山,，“那里的空氣讓他們很是吃驚”,。她丈夫在舊金山成立了一家咨詢公司，部分原因是為家人擺脫污染提供一種選擇,。她說：“政府不能坐在那里等著”空氣好轉(zhuǎn),，但她目前還是會繼續(xù)留在北京。

????其他母親更是猶豫不決,。她們一邊喝著茶和拿鐵,，一邊解釋稱，雖然污染是災(zāi)難性的,，但目前還可以忍受,。打扮時尚的郭梅（音譯）穿著黑色皮靴，她九歲的女兒患有哮喘,。她拿出一個3M口罩,，跟我說：“最好戴上這個，”然后她解釋稱,，空氣污染是她在離開中國之前考慮的許多因素之一,。其他因素包括家庭、工作和文化,。是否移民,，她還沒有下定決心。

????當(dāng)然,，許多有錢人仍然會繼續(xù)留在霧霾籠罩的北京和中國其他受到污染的城市,。世界增長最快的大型經(jīng)濟體所帶來的機會令人難以抗拒。而且,，調(diào)查顯示,，中國人依然熱衷于國內(nèi)投資。但在短時間內(nèi),，空氣污染問題不會好轉(zhuǎn),，富人逃離的問題也同樣如此。（財富中文網(wǎng)）

????譯者：劉進龍/汪皓

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????What's happening is that those who can avoid the smog, especially families with children, are escaping what a recent Chinese study reportedly called "unlivable" cities like Beijing. They're seeking permanent residency in America and Canada, and European countries Cyprus, Portugal, and the U.K.

????Earlier this winter I spoke with half a dozen wealthy mothers in Beijing who explained to me how pollution had some of them considering moving away. It was enlightening to hear because what the survey doesn't tell you is that the rich don't take moving to another country lightly. The women explained what a hard decision it was to make. China's culture and language had them wanting to stay. But many of them were afraid for their children's health, leading them to plans to go abroad.

????I met the mothers at a Starbucks (SBUX). They swapped stories about smog like others might politics or sports in the café that opened to a luxury mall with Gucci, Prada, and Tom Ford boutiques.

????Feng Fairbanks has two daughters, who are 10 years old and 8 years old. The local PTA raised 200,000 RMB ($33,000 USD) to buy air purifiers so that her children can at least enjoy clean air inside the school where recess is often cancelled because of smog. She wanted her daughters to attend school longer in Beijing, but she's returning to the U.K. with them in July. The air pollution was becoming too serious to plan on staying in Beijing for the long term. Her British husband, who runs a business consultancy in Beijing, is staying in China.

????Coco Xiao told me she avoids playing with her two daughters outside. Last summer the family toured the U.S. -- visiting Atlanta, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, then San Francisco -- and was "amazed by the air." Her husband is setting up a consulting business in San Francisco in part to give the family an option to escape the pollution. She says the "government cannot afford to wait" to fix the air, but she's staying in Beijing for now.

????The other mothers were more hesitant. As they sipped teas and lattes, they explained how the pollution was devastating but bearable -- for the time being. May Guo, dressed fashionably in black leather boots, has a 9-year-old daughter with asthma. She pulled out a 3M (MMM) mask -- "the best," she tells me -- then explained that air pollution is one of many factors to consider before leaving China. There's family, jobs, culture. She's waiting to make a decision on leaving.

????Of course, many rich will stay in smoggy Beijing and China's other polluted cities. Opportunities in the world's fastest-growing major economy are hard to turn down. And surveys show the Chinese remain loyal about investing at home. But the air pollution problem isn't getting better anytime soon, and neither will the flight of China's wealthiest residents.