Sand storm, pollution envelop Beijing

It's comforting to know we're not the only country that's fucking up our enviroment...of course the Chinese do it cheaper and better.

A sand storm struck the Chinese capital on Monday, covering homes, streets and cars in brown dust and leaving the skies a murky yellow as it suffers its worst pollution in years ahead of the 2008 Summer Olympics.

I'm a little confused as to the connection to a sand storm and pollution. If sand is pollution then why the fuck did my parents let me build castles out of it?

Desertification of the country's west and Mongolian steppes has made the spring sand storms worse in recent years, reaching as far away as South Korea and Japan.

Huh? Well, I guess that proves that old Chinese proverb, April comes in like a lion and goes out like a sandy whirlwind that can scrape the flesh off your face.