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Of Beer, Algae, and Sailing

So ends the Olympic sailing competition … and my Atlantic dispatches from the Olympic co-host cities. The last of them, “Of Beer, Algae, and Sailing,” posted from Qingdao, is now up on the Atlantic’s site. Among other challenges,... ...full story at Shanghai Scrap

from Shanghai Scrap on Fri, Aug 22 2008

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02 Jul 08 visit China Olympic algae clean-up  »  YouTube videoVolunteers are tackling an outbreak of algae at Qingdao, which will host Olympic sailing events.
03 Jul 08 visit Algae cleaning in full swing in Olympic co-host sailing city  »  Shanghai Daily MORE than 10,000 people and 1,200 vessels have been mobilized to tackle the huge algae bloom threatening the upcoming Olympic sailing event in east China's Qingdao, out of the sea. So far, 170,000 tonnes of the...
16 Jul 08 visit Qingdao algae cleared - remaining Olympic doubts  »  Peking Duck Raj The BBC reports that the algae that was causing considerable worry in regards to the Olympic sailing events. The Chinese government has successfully cleared tonnes of algae that was blocking the Olympic sailing course in the eastern city of Qingdao. A...
06 Jul 08 visit Training area for Olympic sailing event clear from algae invasion  »  People's Daily Training area for the athletes to compete in the Olympic sailing competition in August is now clear from the algae invasion in the host city of Qingdao. "If the weather is cooperative, athletes are able to complete their sailing cou ...
08 Aug 08 visit Shanghai’s Ambivalence Olympics  »  Shanghai Scrap The Atlantic has just posted “The Olympics’ Second City,” my dispatch from last night’s matches at Shanghai Stadium. It’s the first of several Atlantic dispatches that I’ll be doing from co-host cities during the Games.
04 Jul 08 visit Algae battle continues  »  Shanghai Daily THOUSANDS of soldiers and volunteers in east China's coastal city of Qingdao, host of the Olympic sailing events, were still battling a major algae bloom yesterday. More than 1,200 vessels were at sea cleaning...

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