SMOG CLOUDS LENSES OF TV CREWS IN BEIJING

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SMOG CLOUDS LENSES OF TV CREWS IN BEIJING
Tuesday, July 29 2008

Television reports showing thick smog in Beijing just days before the scheduled opening of the summer Olympics have sparked responses from Chinese officials assuring the public in general and athletes in particular that the air pollution poses no risk. Du Shaozhong, deputy director of Beijing's Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau, told a Daily Variety reporter that the television reports were misleading. "A blue sky doesn't mean the air quality is good," he said. "If you take a shower, you can't see clearly because of the steam, but it doesn't mean it's pollution."

BEIJING CRACKS DOWN ON JOURNALISTS
Monday, July 28 2008
Chinese police on Friday attempted to prevent television news cameramen in Beijing from photographing a mini-riot that occurred among 30,000 people who had lined up to buy tickets for Olympics events. The Asian edition of the Wall Street Journal observed, "Beijing's struggle to deal with foreign journalists covering the Olympics reached a new low Friday, when several accredited reporters were assaulted or detained by police." A Hong Kong television station said that two of its (more)

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Thursday, July 10 2008
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