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JUN 21, 2008
Beijing Announces Traffic Plan for Olympics
The New York Times
Beijing officials on Friday announced temporary measures to unsnarl the city’s traffic and reduce its chronic and sometimes choking air pollution. It will restrict owners of private cars to driving on alternate days, depending on whether the last number of their license plate is even or odd, officials said at a news conference. Operating hours for public transportation will be extended during the two-month period, the officials said.
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JUN 17, 2008
China dismayed at Australia’s smog ‘boycott’
The Age
Olympic authorities in China have expressed dismay at a decision by Australia to keep its entire track and field team away from the Games opening ceremony due to concerns about exposure to dirty Beijing air.
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JUN 8, 2008
Cloud over Beijing
The Times (South Africa)
About half the South African Olympic team will suffer from a variety of allergies and respiratory problems at the Beijing Games in August, according to a Cape Town sports scientist. Beijing has been criticized for the quality of it's air, which at times has pollution levels nearly five times above the World Health Organization's safety standards.
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JUN 7, 2008
Olympics in China hits Indian pesticide units
Business Line (The Hindu)
The Beijing Olympics has a direct impact on the spiraling prices of pesticides that almost went up by 60-70 per cent in the last few months. China, a major exporter of certain basic chemicals that go into a number of pesticides and fungicides, has shut down over 1,800 chemical manufacturing units ahead of the Olympics scheduled for August 2008.
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