China will soon be hosting the biggest sporting event the Olympics, and the middle
kingdom is leaving no stone unturned in the preparations. However not everything is right as the President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) yesterday gave a statement that some of the events at the 2008 Beijing Olympics could be postponed due to air pollution. He said, “Sports with short durations would not be a problem, but endurance sports like cycling are examples of competitions that might be postponed or delayed.” China has pumped billions of dollars to reduce the pollution but to no effect. Even extreme steps such as shifting of factories out-of-town to even shutting some down have been taken, but non-stop construction activity and heavy car sales are just increasing air pollution by the day.
kingdom is leaving no stone unturned in the preparations. However not everything is right as the President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) yesterday gave a statement that some of the events at the 2008 Beijing Olympics could be postponed due to air pollution. He said, “Sports with short durations would not be a problem, but endurance sports like cycling are examples of competitions that might be postponed or delayed.” China has pumped billions of dollars to reduce the pollution but to no effect. Even extreme steps such as shifting of factories out-of-town to even shutting some down have been taken, but non-stop construction activity and heavy car sales are just increasing air pollution by the day.
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