The race is on to clean up the air athletes will breathe at this year's Beijing Olympics. Authorities plan to close temporarily a number of big local factories for two months. The period coincides with the Games as well as the Paralympics. Heavy polluters are also being forced to reduce emissions by 30 percent. Du Shaozhong is from Beijing's environmental protection agency. (SOUNDBITE) (Mandarin) BEIJING ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION SPOKESPERSON, DU SHAOZHONG SAYING "I should say that all of these measures put together, when compared with the measures adopted by all the other Olympic cities, are very great. Because of this I think, through our hard work, we will provide good air quality for the Olympics. There should be no doubt, everybody should have faith." In recent weeks the build up to the Olympics has been overshadowed by human rights issues in Tibet. It's taken some of the media spotlight away from Beijing's environmental problems. That's likely to change as the Games...
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