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Blue Skies Elude Chinese. AFP, August 7, 2008. "Beijing remained shrouded in [hot, 95-degree] smog on Wednesday as the hours ticked down to the showpiece opening Olympic ceremony, but despite complaints from some athletes, organisers insisted air quality was safe… The authorities have already removed one million of the city's 3.3 million cars from the roads and shut down more than 100 polluting factories and building sites…They said they were prepared to ban even more vehicles… if conditions got worse, but Beijing Olympic organising committee spokesman Sun Weide backed away from such a move."