China: Weather Intervention

Posted 26 August 2008 3:43 GMT

Countries	China
Topics	Environment, Governance, Sport, Technology
Languages	Chinese
Special	Olympics

This post is from our coverage of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing China, curated by John Kennedy and sponsored by Reuters. · All Posts

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During the Olympics, the Beijing government created artificial rain to secure good weather for the opening and closing ceremonies. Lui Li said that if the government had plan to intervene the weather, it should have forecasted it to the people.

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