Picture provides perspective, and given the density of the smog I would expect factories to be asked to take the next week off. Full Story here. My previous posts on Olympics here SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "12 Days to Beijing Games. Bird Nest... ...full story at All Roads
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| 01 Aug 08 |
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Coca-Cola Bird"s Nest Olympic games »
YouTube video This is the advertisement of CocaCola for Beijing Olympic games |
| 05 Aug 08 |
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Smogwatch, August 5 » Countdown to Beijing With just three days to go before the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games, the Bird’s Nest National Stadium was visible under hazy skies. Earlier this week, the iconic stadium was not visible due to smog blanketing Beijing, but authorities... |
| 19 Jun 08 |
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50 days out, where’s the Bird’s Nest gone? » Countdown to Beijing Fifty days before the Games open and Beijing was blanketed in smog on Thursday. Photographer David Gray went to take some pictures of the Bird’s Nest from a nearby apartment block and this is what he saw. To add to the discomfort, Th... |
| 05 Sep 07 |
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Beijing Olympic Games Statistics » China Snippets Some stats about the Olympic Games in Beijing 28 Olympic programs, 302 sub-categories 302 gold medals 10,500 athletes are expecte to participate 21,880 torchbearers will run 137,000 km over 130 days The National Stadium (Bird’s Nest) covers an area... |
| 08 Aug 08 |
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The big day arrives: Beijing abuzz ahead of Games opening » Countdown to Beijing The big day has finally arrived. Seven years on from the decision to award Beijing the 2008 Summer Olympics the Games are set to begin with a “big bang” at the opening ceremony at the Bird’s Nest. I’ve only been in Beijing a week... |
| 25 Jul 08 |
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Smogwatch July 24 » Countdown to Beijing The iconic national stadium, the Bird’s Nest in Beijing was barely visible through smog on Thursday (July 24), despite last-ditch attempts to turn the smokey and dusty Chinese capital into the promised pollution-free Olympic venue. ... |
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