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China resorts to pollution quick fix ‘plan B’

They’ve taken around 1.7 million cars off the road and shut down many of their most polluting factories, but as you can see from yesterday’s post, China’s capital is still shrouded in smog.

Rather than try to rectify the problem, the Chinese have installed poster murals of fresh countryside and bright blue skies, hoping that athletes and visitors are so nauseous and disorientated, that they will fail to notice they are actually surrounded by conditions more akin to the inside of Paul Gascoigne’s lungs.

[FanIQ]

Can you spot the stadium in the picture below?

Over the last few months, China have been making every effort to eliminate the pollution that is threatening to turn the Olympic Games into a sham. With just ten days to go, however, Beijing is still experiencing the kind of haze one would expect in Amy Winehouse’s living room.

[Machochip]