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REPORTING FROM ... THE BEIJING BUREAU

By Anthony Tao

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

T-minus 44 days until the Opening Ceremonies. One of the more interesting Olympics-related developments to watch heading into next month is whether Beijing's recent spate of air quality initiatives—the hiring of foreign environmental experts, a halt on construction and a shutdown of factories, the removal of half the city's cars—will have any effect. In other words, after spending $17.1 billion, according to Xinhua, on improving air quality these last few years, will we see more b ...

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