Jorn-Carsten GOTTWALD
How green are Beijing’s green Olympics? China faces serious pollution problems, but its position as host of the Olympics is providing a strong impetus for ecological reform.
One of the major obstacles to China’s winning the competition to host the 2008 Olympic Games was widespread fear among observers that people attending the games would suffer from the severe air pollution in China’s capital. Therefore, declaring that the Beijing Olympic Games will be green is much more