Comments on: Smogwatch July 24

By: Abe

Abe — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 01:52:56 +0000

Turns out the CCP can’t hide everything. The pollution their system has encouraged will be a blight on Beijing Games. Soon they will pay publicly for their backward ways.

By: rex

rex — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 19:59:07 +0000

August is the worst time in the summer to visit Beijing (and a lot of Chinese cities), people in China prefer to travel in September and early June.

You can forget about hosting the games in India during the summer – some athletes might die there.

By: lucille ball

lucille ball — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 00:44:49 +0000

In September 1999 when i first visited Beijing the sky was beautiful and blue and I commented to the guide, who said it was unusual…he was correct, on later visits including a 10 month stay where i did not see the sun , it wasn’t so.

September would have been a better month, and 9 would still have been an auspicious number, but ‘look let the games begin’ they are on their way blue sky or not…and then let them be over with!

By: Leo

Leo — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 20:26:10 +0000

My mother saw a program on HK based Phoenix TV, saying that BCBOG wanted to have the Games in September cuz that’s the best time of the year in BJ, but NBC, who paid a lot for exclusive TV coverage in the US, opposed that. September in the US is when the new TV season begins, if the Games extends into September, it will throw off all the TV shows for the fall season for NBC. NBC wanted to have the games in July instead, and August is a compromise.

By: Bill

Bill — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:41:17 +0000

I am quite sure that this current smog is all due to the season and climate of Beijing. And this is a good reason for the Beijing officials to be surprised by such turn of even. They probably pick the dates of the games not knowing what they will face in August. We must sympathize with these officials to face such unexpected, uncontrollable surprise.

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:59:33 +0000

I was looking at the pictures I took around Oct-November and the sky looked much clearer then. I think it is probably more to do with the season though. August is probably the worst month to have the games, in terms of the weather. Late Sept, early October would have been great.

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