Only in China-
There’s a story in the Wall Street Journal (full article here [$]) about the pollution problem in Beijing. Here’s an excerpt:
“Amid concern about Beijing’s ability to clean up its pollution in time for next year’s Olympics, the city has plans to ban one million cars for a two-week test of its smog-control measures next month.
A ban on one-third of the city’s cars is among the measures being considered in preparation for the Games, and could be given a trial run next month, a spokesman from Beijing’s Environmental Protection Agency said.”
Folks who live in Beijing, mark your calendars for the two week period of August 7 through the 20th.
It will be a beautiful time - both for blue sky’s and driving 
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August 17th, 2007 at 9:02 am
[…] (the English newspaper here). We heard abour the prospective ban a month ago and I wrote about it here, although I thought it was going to be for a full 2 weeks. So how 4 days is going to make a real […]