BEIJING (AP) - Polluted Beijing is usually shrouded in gray, so for the Olympics, Beijing city officials have tried to add some color.
They have taken a dusty metropolis with thousands of cranes hovering over construction sites and sought to create an idealized Beijing. Enormous murals in shades of blue and green, many showing off towering palm trees and blue skies, rise like Hollywood backdrops to hide the reality of the Chinese capital.
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