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THE sandstorms that sweep through China’s inland generally strike hardest in the north. Beijing suffers the most. Spring in the capital-that short, precious respite between a bitterly cold winter and five months of torrid summer - is frequently shrouded in the dull yellow pall of invading sandstorms. Their frequency has increased dramatically over the last three years. In the spring of 2001 Beijing was
THE sandstorms that sweep through China’s inland generally strike hardest in the north. Beijing suffers the most. Spring in the capital-that short, precious respite between a bitterly cold winter and five months of torrid summer - is frequently shrouded in the dull yellow pall of invading sandstorms. Their frequency has increased dramatically over the last three years. In the spring of 2001 Beijing was