Martin Rowley wrote:

A sandstorm originating along the China/Mongolia border affected
Beijing on the 17th. It was the eighth sandstorm of 2006 for the
Chinese capital, and reportedly the worst so far this year. Reduced
visibilities also spread eastward to the Korean Peninsula (BBC News)."

Interesting proposition for glow ballers in that China under its
gangsterism can push bad agricultural practises uphill until all the
farmers are extinct in a thatcheresque "we have the power" sort of bad
trip.

They forced Tibet of all places to grow rice. Rice! FFS!!

And they have the dubious record for the most filthy atmosphere in the
world. Hard to see that I am the one that is right, not the
glowballers.

Was that the 17th of this April BTW?