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Mon 08 Aug 2008Locals getting used to blue skies and starry nights as clean-air drive pays off
CHINA:Citizens of Beijing are enjoying excellent air quality, but airing controversial opinions remains as difficult as ever, writes Clifford Coonan
THE WONDERFUL changes wrought on the Chinese capital for the Olympic Games mean the quality of the air in Beijing is the best it's been in a decade, and so into the second week of the world's greatest sporting event, people are getting used to strange natural phenomena.
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