James Fallows notes in his blog that "Blue visible in the sky, for the first time in one week." But, the factory closures, which have helped clean up the sky, will cease soon after the Olympics, and manufacturing will pick up the pace, again. Bloomberg reports that "China's economic growth slowed for a fourth straight quarter in the three months to June 30, expanding 10.1 percent. Gross domestic product growth below 9 percent would be ``unacceptable'' for a government targeting 10 million new jobs a year, according to a Credit Suisse Group report this month."
Reading all these, I am reminded of a fantastic satire from, who else, The Onion :-)
China Celebrates Its Status As World�s Number One Air Polluter
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