NO FILTER The air pollution levels in the sky over Tiananmen Square in Beijing are seen in this combination picture taken on March 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14 and 15. (Photo: Wei Yao / Reuters via The Telegraph)
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CHOKED UP Haze obscured the Pangu Plaza Office Building in Beijing Saturday. The city has issued its first-ever ‘orange’ fog warning, an alert to the elderly, children and people suffering from respiratory disease to stay indoors and limit exposure to the pollution. (Photo: ChinaFotoPress / Zuma Press via The Wall Street Journal)
It doesn’t get more Blade Runner than this.
THROWIN’ SHADE Shadows of trees are cast onto a wall of the Forbidden City as a man walks past on a cold, sunny day in Beijing on November 13, 2012. (Photo: David Gray / Reuters via NBC News)
THE SPARK NIGHT Lightning strikes during a storm over Beijing on Thursday. (Photo: Aly Song / Reuters via The Wall Street Journal)
DIS-NO A woman held a Winnie the Pooh and Tigger fan in front of her house in Beijing Friday. (Photo: Muhammed Muheisen / AP via the Wall St. Journal)
IOC Admits Internet Censorship Deal With China
Sinisterer and sinisterer. Why doesn’t the IOC just refashion the Olmypic logo into a set of fucking handcuffs?
