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Science 1 August 2008:
Vol. 321. no. 5889, p. 611
DOI: 10.1126/science.1162213
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Editorial

Blue Skies for China

Bojie Fu

With the Olympic games opening next week, the spotlight has been on China's final push to reduce atmospheric pollution by limiting automobile use in Beijing, expanding public transportation, and temporarily shutting down some industries. One can now see a blue sky, a testament to the country's effort to clean house before the guests arrive. The important question is whether these intentions will be maintained, and even amplified, after the games are finished.

Bojie Fu is a professor at the State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), and Director-General of the Bureau of Science and Technology for Resource and Environment, CAS. E-mail: bfu{at}rcees.ac.cn

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