Not allowed to wear a white shirt in 2008 Beijing Olympics?!? I was told by a teacher that China is not allowing people to wear a white shirt during the Olympics because by the end of the day they will have turned GREY due to the *terrible environment and pollution.

Has anyone else heard this? How does this make you feel? Can you believe it?

Personally, I do believe it and I think it%26#039;s TERRIBLE. global warming is TEARRING our world apart and people/places are watching and allowing this to happen.

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5 months ago

I *know that USA is not signing the Kyoto accord. I%26#039;m Canadain.. and I *KNOW that every American puts double the carbon in the air than the average citizen worldwide (not every citizen, but including all the factories and everything that is what it amounts to).

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This question is regarding pollution, not global warming. 67% 2 Votes

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• I just checked online and I didn%26#039;t see anything about it.
  
  You should know that they USA didn%26#039;t sign in a world wide pollution treaty because we are one of the largest polluters in the world.
  
  You should also know that the USA is not going to do anything against China because China underwrites a huge amount of our economy.
  
  Also, don%26#039;t look for too much negative things about China on Google. Google agreed to censor what goes through their servers in exchange for being allowed into China. 33% 1 Vote
• It%26#039;s actually true that a white shirt would turn kind of grey after wearing it for the day, but I haven%26#039;t heard that China wasn%26#039;t allowing people to wear it. Interesting.. 0% 0 Votes
• Look at the long-distance runners from African nations who have demurred, citing air quality. I sincerely hope that even more athletes refuse to attend, either for the bad air, or, the realy poor treatment China is showing to Tibet. America needs to revisit its policy of giving them MFN (Most Favored Nation) status in trade, considering their poor human rights record, not to mention the poisoni ng of their trade partners by poor, lead-laden products. 0% 0 Votes
• This is hilarious. Algore signed the Kyoto treaty which intentionally did not include China and India because they were developing countries. Now the socialist environmentalists are complaining left and right about the pollution in China. Huh? I suppose this is the Republicans%26#039; fault somehow. 0% 0 Votes
• That is probably true, since China does produce the most smog and such. I think we shouldn%26#039;t even be going to China, which is a harsh dictatorship. I think the Olympics is a very Honorable event, which is for all countries to come to gather. If China still promotes hate and evil government, then maybe we should just have the Olympics to Iraq. 0% 0 Votes
• I didn%26#039;t hear it before... but I believe.... because of the air pollution, and you will see the hospital in Beijing is gonna be full... 0% 0 Votes