Traffic clogged a road in Beijing's Central Business District earlier this monthWhile Beijing is gearing up to The Olympics in August, the city is faced with persistent air pollution despite promises to stage a green Olympics. Beijing is planning to reduce its motor traffic by half during the Games to improve air quality and ease traffic flow, according to a newspaper report on Wednesday.
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An air pollution-free Olympic is just the first step, but there is more to it. How about rubbish?
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ReplyDeleteGREEEEEEEEEEEEN????!?!????
ReplyDeleteKS, any event of that magnitude's gotta come with equal-size logistics. I'm sure they would have considered everything. I hope.
ReplyDeletePandaB, that too. The prospect of anything going wrong is scary, in a way.
The colorman, hi! Yes, green - with a vengence. lol
Im sure Beijing will get everything settled - the 'can do' attitude of China! :)
ReplyDeleteQC, my exact sentiments but not only China, any nation for that matter, right? Everything will surely work out in the end, generally.
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