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JUL 22, 2008
Beijing Freshens Up for the Olympics
United Press International (UPI)
Beijing residents are enjoying rare blue skies since Sunday, when regulations designed to clear the air ahead of the Olympic Games went into effect.
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JUL 21, 2008
Olympic Athletes Wearing Masks Could Cause China to Lose Face
The Wall Stree Journal
Chinese officials insist the notorious Beijing air will be cleaner by August, making face masks unnecessary. If athletes deploy the masks, they risk insulting the hosts. At the moment, there is no stated policy on mask-wearing at the opening ceremony or during competition. Olympic officials believe it's up to the international federation of each sport to determine whether to allow masks during events.
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JUL 19, 2008
China Opens New Subway Lines for Olympics
Business Standard
Beijing today opened three new subway lines in a bid to reduce traffic on the city's streets and improve air quality ahead of the Olympics.
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JUL 14, 2008
Beijing Orders Pollution to Vanish
Time
Experts familiar with the city's plans for short-term pollution controls say Beijing's air should vastly improve in the final run-up to the Games. That will be good news for the country's reputation and a successful event. However, the solution is only a quick fix; once the controls are lifted, Beijing will most likely return to its smoggy norm.
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JUL 14, 2008
Olympics Suck Up China’s Already Scarce Water
San Francisco Chronicle
Changgucheng farmers were never told that the reservoir is one of four in the province tapped to meet the capital's demand for water leading up to and during the Olympic Games, which begin in August. The Games are expected to increase Beijing's water consumption by at least 5 percent, or 162,000 acre-feet, according to a recent report by Probe International, a Canadian environmental group. An acre-foot is about 326,000 gallons.
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