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OLY-2008-CHN-COUNTDOWN-6MONTHS
TO GO WITH: OLY-2008-CHN-COUNTDOWN-6MONTHS by Charles Whelan
Smoke bellows from a smokestack chimney near the main National Stadium and Aquatics Center on the Olympic Green in Beijing on January 28, 2008. The city that won the right to host the Olympic Games in 2001 has undergone a massive spending spree on infrastructure and planners have commissioned the world's top architects to build marble, steel and glass monuments that dot Beijing's skyline and sports venues, while more than 40 foreign coaches have been drafted in to prepare Chinese athletes for the Games. Risks remain, however, and the biggest of all is pollution but while Beijing has spent about 12 billion dollars since 2001 on an environmental clean-up, bad air remains the International Olympic Committee's main concern. AFP PHOTO /Frederic J. BROWN
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Beijing, CHINA |
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AFP / Mediafax Foto |
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Frederic J. BROWN |
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28 Ianuarie 2008 |
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3100 x 2110 (1.23 MB) |
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