Changing China
Giant on the move
Smogwatch (1)
After a promising start in the immediate aftermath of the “odd-even” car restrictions and factory closures on July 20th, the air quality in Beijing has slowly deteriorated, as this combination picture shows.
The Beijing Environmental Protection Bureau says data shows that improvements have been made, but this is surely not the backdrop that organisers had in mind for the Olympics.
What chance the Beijing Meteorological Bureau pitches in with a little chemical-induced rain to clear the skies in the next few days?
Combination photographs of Beijing skyline taken from July 22 to 27, 2008. Top row L-R July 22 to 24 and bottom row, L-R July 25 to 27 By Claro Cortes IV.
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What else should you expect from Communist China?
The truth is out there … just not from China’s government.
These pictures are worth a million words! Please keep the sequence going.