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Featured Story Beijing May Green for the Olympics, but Long-Term Forecast Is Gray For the world's athletes, Beijing's air may be a problem next summer. For the city's 12 million residents, the pollution is far more serious. Every day, monitoring stations across the city measure air pollution to determine if the skies above this national capital can officially be designated blue. It is not an act of whimsy: with Beijing preparing to play host to the 2008 Olympic Games, the official Blue Sky ratings are the city's own measuring stick for how well it is cleaning up its polluted air. ...
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