BEIJING yesterday announced a drill to test the effectiveness of the Olympic host city’s efforts to improve air quality and ease traffic congestion.
From Aug 17 to 20, about 1.3 million vehicles – nearly half of the total 3 million in the city – will be ordered off the roads as part of pre-Olympic tests, according to the capital city’s environmental and traffic authorities.
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