The Portrait of an Olympic Host: Pollution in China (11 pictures)
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A satellite image showing a haze of pollution over part of China caused
by te country's reliance on coal
Photograph: Earth Observatory/Nasa

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Kunming, Yunnan province: Workers try to clear blue-green algae from
Dianchi lake
Photograph: AP

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Guangzhou: Illegal motorbikes confiscated by police in an effort to curb
air pollution await destruction at a recycling company
Photograph: Colour China Photo/AP

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Yutian, Hebei province: Cyclists ride through a cloud of pollution
produced by a nearby factory
Photograph: Peter Parks/AFP/Getty Images

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Wuhan, Hebei province: A man collects dead fish in Donghu lake, where
officials say an estimated 30,000kg of fish have been killed by a
combination of pollution and hot weather
Photograph: Wuhan/AP

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Benxi: Pollution from steel mills blows over residential buildings
Photograph: Gilles Sabrie/Corbis

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Beijing: Labourers work at a lime factory
Photograph: Guang Niu/Getty Images

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Lanzhou, Gansu province: A resident takes a water sample from the
polluted Yellow river
Photograph: Dang Yun/ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images

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Hohhot: Women wear masks as they cycle through the city
Photograph: Xinhua, Li Xin/AP

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Beijing: Taxis queue up outside the city's main railway station.
Beijing's Olympic organizers plan to reduce the number of taxis from its
roads by 50,000 as a way to combat air pollution
Photograph: Peter Parks/AFP/Getty Images

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Beijing: A worker clears rubbish from canal. Reports suggest that as
many as 300 million Chinese people - nearly one in every four - drink
dirty water
Photograph: Teh Eng Koon/AFP/Getty Images

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