In Beijing, Games Offer A Vision Of the Future.

This article discusses how the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China will be a harbinger of where the world is going in the next century or more. The way the Chinese handle the city's pollution problem may be a sign of what kind of air people will be breathing in the future. Jacques Rogge, president of the International Olympic Committee, has said that endurance events will need to be rescheduled if the pollution isn't reduced.