China to ensure blues skies for military parade

BEIJING: Chinese authorities will impose strict restrictions on cars, factories and other polluters to ensure a huge military parade commemorating victory over Japan in World War II takes place under clear skies, media reported Tuesday.

The measures—which will also apply during this month’s World Athletics Championships—echo the rules brought in for last year’s Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation summit, when Beijing’s notorious pollution was replaced with a clear atmosphere derisively dubbed “APEC blue”.