This story, from USA Today, covered the lifting of the restrictions in Beijing and re-opened construction sites, resumed production in factories and permitted all cars to return to the road. It listed when the ban ended and what all could take place from now on. It also covered how the ban has cleaned the air in Beijing.
The story seemed a bit harsh on the Chinese, but it also seemed very factual. The sources used were experts, including a deputy director of the Beijing Automobile Assocation and an executive director of the Manila-based Clean Air Initiative for Asian Cities.
The story can be found at the site:
http://www.usatoday.com/weather/environment/2008-09-21-china-pollution-curbs_N.htm
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Megan,
I liked to see someone found an article that talked about Beijing and the environment. I did a speech last year about this issue and it became a very important one to me. When I stopped researching the story in March the Chinese didn't know what they were going to do about there pollution problems. When the Olympics came on, I was glad to see that restrictions on their environment had been put into place.
However, now that the games are over, the people of China must be happy to have their lives back in order now that the restrictions have been lifted.
Nice summary and work.
Colleen
From what I got from the article, a lot of people aren't happy that the restrictions have been lifted. I mean, getting their lives back to normal is always wanted, but I think they enjoyed having the clean air as well. Maybe they could find a way to have the best of both worlds?
I wish the reporter would have explored the larger context of this issue: The Olympics did not change China. A lot of people (including Bob Costas) appeared to think hosting the Olympics would democratize China. Others thought it would make them think twice about adding innumerable coal burning power plants across the industrial south. Well, it looks like all the Olympics did was reinforce the Communist Party's stature.
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