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Article: Beijing registers eighth day of excellent air quality
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- August 17, 2008
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Beijing registers eighth day of excellent air quality
BEIJING, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- Beijing reported this month's eighth
day of excellent air quality on Sunday, which provided a favorable
weather condition for ongoing Olympic events.
Figures released by the China Environmental Monitoring Center
indicated that Beijing's Air Pollution Index (API) on Sunday showed
a reading of 43, within the Grade I, or excellent, range of 1-50.
The figure was higher than the API reading of 23 on Saturday.
This is a new summer record over the past ten years, when July
2006 registered five days of excellent air quality. Last August,
only two days reported excellent air quality.
In the other nine days, the ...