Johannes’ Blog

In fourteen hours the Olympics start in Beijing. china has been doing an awful lot to try and show the world what it can do and has been closing down factories, taking millions of cars off the roads on certain days and even banishing thousands of cars that are too polluting from the roads altogether. If you are seen driving on a day you are not allowed too and get caught you are required to pay a 100 yuan fine($15). In Beijing china is also exterminating cats to get them out of the way. China has also built the quite amazing Water cube and the Birds nest as the aquatic center and stadium respectively. China has also upgraded Beijing’s subway system to improve transport to and from the Olympic venue. But because of fears that not many people will come to the Olympics most hotel owners have cut their prices by up to 50%!