Beijing struggles to clean air by 2008

With just two years left before the 2008 Summer Olympics, China’s capital is struggling to live up to its pledge of hosting a “green games” while also meeting the demands of its increasingly affluent residents and their consumerist ways.

..But Beijing’s goal of becoming a pollution-free city is being undermined by rapid economic growth that is outstripping numerous measures put in place to improve the capital’s air quality. In fact, the city’s claim to being environment-friendly has suffered one blow after another.

Asia Times