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In search of blue skies in Beijing

Friday, 20th June 2008

As the Olympics edge nearer, James Fallows keeps a worried eye on the smog:

I was joking when saying earlier that maybe the factories are running 30 hours a day, 10 days a week, to meet output targets before the expected mandatory pre-Olympic shutdown next month. Now I'm not so sure it's a joke...  I have not seen the sun or anything resembling blue in days and days.

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