The five Olympic rings are displayed in lights at the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. (Photo credit unknown)

“Inside the Bird’s Nest, today’s opening ceremony for the Beijing Olympic Games was brilliant, but outside the air quality was not. Despite years of effort by the Chinese government to eliminate sources of air pollution, and the statements of public officials to the contrary - a pall of haze and smog hangs over the city in the sticky, steamy air.” ~ENS

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