Green Qingdao
News March 18th, 2008
Finding Olympics news is a bit of challenge right now, since international news sites, many China blogs and YouTube are all blocked in Beijing.
I did find some good news about Qingdao, the city in Shandong province where the sailing event will be held this summer.
The local government has for years been working hard to fulfill its promise to build an environmentally friendly city - and its efforts are now bearing fruit.
“The environment in Qingdao meets the requirement of a green Olympics - blue skies, clean water and harmonious city that all present a comfortable environment for the Olympic sailing competition and the life of residents,” said Xia Geng, mayor of Qingdao.
“The Olympic sailing center gives full presentation to the environmentally friendly concept,” Xia noted. “We built the first seawater source heat pump air conditioning system in China and the world’s most advanced pontoon system.”
“Hydro, solar and wind power, as well as recycled water, all make the sailing center a modern venue combining the concepts of a recycling economy and a green Olympics.”.
Via Xinhua
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It’s desperate times when you have to go to Xinhua’s site for Olympic news
Hopefully things will be back to “normal” soon.
It was a bit distressing, but since nothing untoward happened anywhere in China, I’m sure things will be back up any minute now!
By the way, your blog is Great Firewall approved.
It amazes me that with the billions of RMB that Qingdao has spent on upgrading parts of the city and some of its infrastructures, that it still retains one of the worst rubbish collection systems in China - if not the world! The stink of rotting rubbish and active bacteria pervades the streets and any visitors to this otherwise fine wee fishing port will be offended and if not dry retching will have an everlasting but unpleasant memory of the Olympic event to be held here in less than one month.
If by chance you are unlucky enough to follow one of the many leaking rubbish trucks that deposit puddles of greenish grey stinking bacteria onto the streets and footpaths or the never cleaned rubbish bins - then hopefully its in winter as the summer heat and humidty will have you wishing you hadnt eaten for a few hours!!
Why cant they get it right!!