China bans cars for two weeks to get a clear blue sky.

[eridani]

http://www.upworthy.com/beijing-banned-cars-for-2-weeks-and-the-sky-turned-perfectly-blue-guess-what-happened-the-next-day

They wanted it to look nice for a big military parade.

A parade this size takes months, sometimes even years, of preparation.

And in the case of Beijing's Victory Day parade, numerous restrictions were put in place leading up to the festivities. Hundreds of factories were shuttered, and half of the 5 million registered cars in the city were banned from driving in the main urban hub.

Say what you will about spending government resources on a giant party, but in this case, it definitely paid off.

[Duppers]

1. People of Beijing must have forgotten

what the sky looked like. Beijing is a rotten place, most especially during cold months.

I'd never seen such smog yet I still want to go back to see a special, endearing young woman who treated me with the greatest kindness.