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| Beijing's smog returns |
| 2008-08-04 |
| Three days of blue skies have come to an abrupt end in Beijing, with China's capital again shrouded in smog just days out from the Olympics opening ceremony. The main Olympic Stadium is shrouded and visibility has dropped to less than a kilometre. This is exactly what the organisers of the Olympics do not want and it will only raise their fears that these may come to be known as the "dirty Games". China has taken drastic anti-pollution steps, such as closing factories surrounding Beijing and ordering half of the city's 3 million cars off the roads. It now looks like emergency measures flagged last week might have to be taken. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #11 So Nancy Pelosi is Chinese? In that only [communist] party members way of getting and holding power. However, the Chinese party has figured out to toss orthodoxy over the side of the boat, if it ends up alienating Ma and Pa Lee. The Chinese party doesn't need to please big donors, it already is corrupt enough to fund itself. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2008-08-04 12:34 |
| #10 Maybe they should have 'the One' over for a tour and a speak to 'clear the skies'... |
| Posted by: logi_cal 2008-08-04 10:44 |
| #9 National Geographic had a remarkable issue on China in May 2008. Also, this week's Economist has some good articles about the Games' impact on freedom in China. |
| Posted by: mom 2008-08-04 10:39 |
| #8 Great news! Factories are running once again which means our Wal-Mart shortages will soon end. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2008-08-04 09:00 |
| #7 So Nancy Pelosi is Chinese? |
| Posted by: Bobby 2008-08-04 08:59 |
| #6 It's sad when the Chinese government cares more about looking good to the outside world than it cares for the health of its own people. |
| Posted by: gromky 2008-08-04 06:57 |
| #5 the plan was to have political prisoners remove the pollution one molecule at a time remarkably, there weren't enough political prisoners to make this work |
| Posted by: mhw 2008-08-04 06:47 |
| #4 many factory workers are out of work. Sad all around. |
| Posted by: Jan 2008-08-04 02:51 |
| #3 Allowing the Chinese to have the Olympics will probably do more to diminish the Olympic spirit and credibility then doping, corruption and politics ever did. It only shows how out of touch with reality and world events the Olympic committee really is. |
| Posted by: Jack is Back! 2008-08-04 02:26 |
| #2 Painting the sky blue, ya say? You cannot cram for a clean environment, no matter what the top Politicos demand. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2008-08-04 02:19 |
| #1 Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao promised to maintain a clean, green and beautiful Beijing during and after the Olympic Games. Careful, the locals may start to like it. Then what are you going to do? Closing the factories and restricting traffic does not sound like a permanent solution. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2008-08-04 01:16 |