There have been good days and there have been bad days. That's the case in almost every country. And Beijing is certainly not the first Olympic city to deal with pollution.

American tourist Dan Finwall said, "I was confident that the Chinese government would take care of it. I thought it was overexaggerated, probably. We have problems in Los Angeles and other cities. I know Beijing is a big huge city and every city has problems, but we weren't worried."

Beijing weather records show that extremely high temperatures above thirty five degrees Celsius or ninety five Fahrenheit, have only occurred twice in history after lunar-calendar autumn began. People are expecting cooler air as the lunar calendar started on August seventh this year, the day before the opening ceremony.

(CCTV August 16, 2008)