Asia Cast for Wednesday 3rd September
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In this Bulletin…
- Beijing’s pollution returns as residents call for special measures to be kept;
- Falun Gong practitioners maintain peaceful protest in New York despite hate propaganda campaign; and
- Price of oil falls as Hurricane Gustav proves less destructive than feared.
But first, here’s our SOH focus on China
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Mirroring events on a wider political and social level, Beijing’s pollution is returning as the special measures brought in for the Olympics are being relaxed.
Most of the measures, which include reducing motor traffic, closing polluting factories and shutting down rubbish dumps, run until September 20 to encompass the Paralympics.
But after thousands of construction sites started back up, Beijing’s air was classified as being “mildly contaminated” on August 29.
Now Beijing residents are saying they want the measures kept, a reported 400,000 of them have joined online discussion groups to talk about retaining them.
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