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China weather "magic" conjures blue sky for parade
- chrischen 17y agoFor those of you who haven't been to China, the skies are always overcast.
- jrockway 17y agoI have been to Shanghai. It was sunny.
- bilbo0s 17y agoAbsolutely right . . . sunny in Ningbo too. China is a huge place, some parts have rain, some sunny, occasionally some parts get hit by a typhoon.
- mahmud 17y agoAnywhere south of Beijing, other than industrial towns of Guangdong, is almost always pretty sunny.
- chrischen 17y agoShanghai is covered in smog
- borism 17y agoand that's why China has 5th largest desert in the World and 1st largest in Asia - Gobi desert.
- jpeterson 17y agoI seriously hope these chemicals underwent extensive testing and audits to ensure that there wouldn't be harmful side-effects. Casually spraying chemical coctails into the atmosphere is a good way to get everyone killed.
- jerf 17y ago"It's the PAX...." but seriously, I know China is trying to preen here but what I see is that the reason why everyone else can't do the same thing is that in most other countries, the other constituencies that might have an interest in how the weather is manipulated actually have some sort of say, and in the event that the weather is manipulated, someone would have some sort of responsibility for it. I consider these features, not bugs. YMMV.
- ilyak 17y agoThey do this every City Day in Moscow for some years already. This year it failed for some reason, tho. They also did that at MAKS this year.
- borism 17y agomaybe they are a bit more careful after bag with cement failed to pulverize in 2008: http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSHAR75844520080617?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSHAR758445...