Sunday morning, Beijing looked truly horrible -- here, courtesy of Isaac Kardon, is a screenshot of the CCTV Olympic commentators -- but this time the cause actually was "weather," that unmistakable pre-thunderstorm heaviness. Around 5pm, the... ...full story at James Fallows
from James Fallows on Mon, Aug 11 2008
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| 27 May 08 |
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China launches 2nd Olympic weather satellite »
YouTube video China successfully launched its Fengyun three Meteorological Satellite, its second Olympic weather satellite, at the Launching Center in Taiyuan this morning. It will be put to use during the Beijing Olympic Games to help predict the weather.
The Fengyun... |
| 27 Jul 08 |
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Weather forecast is clear and optimistic » Shanghai Daily THERE'S good news on the weather front for the capital as the Beijing Olympic Games approach. An environmental official said in Beijing yesterday that hot and humid weather had contributed to poor visibility and... |
| 08 Aug 08 |
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'Heaven' will determine the weather for Olympics » Shanghai Daily THE weather in Beijing will be decided by "heaven" and there is no effective solution to solving problems such as "foggy" skies during the Olympic Games, an official with the organizing committee said this morning. Wang... |
| 27 May 08 |
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A New Weather Satellite and Worrying Pollution » China Journal Photo by Kersten Zhang China launched a new weather forecasting satellite on Tuesday morning. Originally planned to launch in time to help predict the weather for the coming Olympics, the satellite will also be used to aid in the Sichuan earthquake... |
| 27 May 08 |
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Games weather seen in space » Shanghai Daily CHINA launched a second Olympic weather forecasting satellite, the Fengyun-3 (FY-3), yesterday morning. The satellite was launched on a Long March-4C carrier rocket from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in... |
| 15 Jul 08 |
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Weathermen ready to take an active role » Shanghai Daily IF bad weather threatens the August 8 opening of the Beijing Olympic Games, meteorologists might decide to change the weather. Chen Zhenlin, a vice director with the China Meteorological Administration, outlined... |
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