Pesky reporters and smog raise Chinese ire

Thursday, July 31, 2008

Mother Nature always was going to be a problem, because there are some things even the rulers of China can't control. Without some timely rain and wind, Beijing's Olympics will be viewed through a brownish soup of polluted air even though organizers did everything but mount giant fans outside the city to rid it of the haze.

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