Sand Storm Brings Beijing Traffic To Grinding Halt
This morning, Beijing woke up in a massive yellow cloud. Motorists found their cars covered by thick layers of yellow grit. Air filters were quickly overwhelmed. What happened?
Sand storms are a common occurrence in Beijing, and have given rise to a daily car wash index. Today’s storm has been recorded as the strongest of the year.
The sand storm delayed flights at the airport and triggered warnings as far as Seoul, Korea, and Tokyo, Japan.
According to ABC News, “the grit can travel as far as the western United States.”
There you go: Chinese imports that won’t affect the balance of payment.
Bertel Schmitt comes back to journalism after taking a 35 year break in advertising and marketing. He ran and owned advertising agencies in Duesseldorf, Germany, and New York City. Volkswagen A.G. was Bertel's most important corporate account. Schmitt's advertising and marketing career touched many corners of the industry with a special focus on automotive products and services. Since 2004, he lives in Japan and China with his wife <a href="http://www.tomokoandbertel.com"> Tomoko </a>. Bertel Schmitt is a founding board member of the <a href="http://www.offshoresuperseries.com"> Offshore Super Series </a>, an American offshore powerboat racing organization. He is co-owner of the racing team Typhoon.
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Bertel, So, how do you write, "Wash Me," in Chinese? :)
I was under the impression that the Gobi Desert existed prior to the methodologies of the "Chicom warlords". Either I'm very mistaken on this point, or they don't teach enough geography at bigot school.