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Smoke!

Posted on December 7, 2008 by Jo

The weather report for this morning here in Beijing is "SMOKE."  Not mist, not haze, not smog, but simply SMOKE!  This is one of the few cities in the world where SMOKE has joined the glossary of meteorological descriptors.  But here's a thought—in a country where 70% of men smoke, does anybody really notice when the weather is smoke?

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