Olympic cyclists

[shootingstar]

At the time, Beijing won the Olympic bid to host the event, I truly wondered the sanity ..given the air quality.

I haven't been to Asia...yet. But I should have gone and nearly did, before Tienamen Square massacre event occurred.

Air quality was better then in Beijing. Now I worry with my partner's higher sensitivity to air pollution due to his allergies..

Most people that I know who lived for several years in the major Asian cities Bangkok, Beijing, Manila....marvel at the "clearer" air of Canada where they are now.

Beijing's pollution might be made more complex and dangerous because of China's coal-burning industries in nearby regions.. and other toxic particulate where it might be more heavily regulated for emissions in Canada and the U.S.