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May 04, 2004

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The world has much to learn from China. China is smart enough to group all of its holidays into two seperate one week breaks. This means all tourist venues can be as crowded as possible, and workers miss none of the workplace gossip. One other benefit is that all the factories shut down for the week. So the air is breathable this week in Hong Kong, while the factories of Shenzhen and Guandong are closed.

Lest you Americans think this means nothing to you, Tom points out you should care too.

 posted by Simon on 05.04.04 at 05:29 PM in the




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Chinese Brown Streak, pt.2
Excerpt: Thanks to Simon for linking in to part 1 of this story. So I decided to check one of my favourite sites, Operational Significant Event Imagery of the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Sure enough I found images of Chinese Smog. So you m
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Thanks for the link, Simon. I've added a part 2 for the story with some satellite imagery of the brown cloud.

 posted by: Tom -Daai Tou Laam on 05.05.04 at 12:55 PM [permalink]




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