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The Real Beijing

Just a simple video showing the city of Beijing as it prepares for the Olympics. The media has been focussing on pollution making Beijing sound like a dirty cesspool of a city but actually it is not. It has pollution like any major city but it is a...

from YouTube on Mon, Aug 04 2008

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13 Feb 08 visit Beijing Inner City Pollution  »  YouTube videoWent to Ikea for lunch and on the way sighted this spume of foul-smelling chlorine or something similar.
27 Jul 08 visit Beijing Air Still Murky As Olympic Village Opens  »  YouTube videoPlusBeijing Air Still Murky As Olympic Village OpensBeijing Air Still Murky As Olympic Village OpensThe Associated PressWith 12 days to go before the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics, air pollution in the city is still one of the key problems the...
11 Nov 08 visit Beijing Dust  »  YouTube videoA short video showing the pollution and dust that collects in Beijing apartments.
28 Jul 08 visit Beijing 'pollution is right in your face'  »  NBC World Blog In the countdown to the Beijing Olympics, NBC News' Adrienne Mong spoke with a number of people who know Beijing intimately about how their city has changed and the challenges it faces going forward. From pollution to the rapid pursuit of...
24 Jul 08 visit The Pollution Map of Beijing  »  Richard Spencer Here's a tool that may well prove useful. It's the result of a collaboration between the Beijing Environmental Protection Bureau and CERC (Cambridge Environmental Research Consultants). It gives a pictorial representation of pollution levels in the city,...
07 Feb 07 visit Beijing to issue pollution warnings  »  Xinhua Beijing plans to issue pollution alerts that will warn residents to avoid certain areas of the city on days when the air is heavily polluted, said the environment protection bureau.

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