[TigerLikesRooster]

With increasing desertification of China's north and north west, it would be more difficult to sustain big cities and large swath of croplands in these regions.

China should have their capital to the south near Xian, Luoyang, or Kaifeng. Having so many people living up there does not make sense in the long-term. I think mother Nature would force them to.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Ping!

[21twelve]

“China’s ambitious hopes for a “green” Beijing Olympics ...”

There was an article last week in the Seattle Times on how China was going to reduce the smog during the Olympics. They will be closing down the factories and construction projects in town. And alternate driving each day with license plates ending in odd or even numbers. (No kidding!)

You would think they could mandate something for the water too. Things like no watering of lawns, no washing cars, must use low flow toilets. (Okay, that last one was just to show how far along we are in the States. A few more years and I’m pretty sure there will be calls to halt factories and construction in the name of the polar bear.)

[lafroste]

My company has supplied three big ozonation systems to Beijing in support of the Olympics. These systems should help the situation considerably. They all went on-line last month.

[Vince Ferrer]

China should have their capital to the south near Xian, Luoyang, or Kaifeng. Having so many people living up there does not make sense in the long-term. I think mother Nature would force them to.

I don't know about Luoyang, but Xian and Kaifeng are so much more polluted than Beijing they are practically unlivable for any long stretch of time. I am not exaggerating to say that Kaifeng's haze is as think as fog in San Fransisco.

[Ratblaster]

You wait until after Olympics and US erection, new Chinese capital, Taipei

[RaceBannon]

I was there 2 years ago

DO NOT drink the tap water, under any circumstances