# Olympic Nightmare: A Red Tide in the Yellow Sea

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**Created:** [July 2, 2008, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympic-nightmare-a-red-tide-in-the-yellow-sea/455006 "2008-07-02T04:04:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2008, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/olympic-nightmare-a-red-tide-in-the-yellow-sea/455006/1 "2008-07-02T04:04:40Z")

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Story [here](http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/06/30/asia/china.php). Yet one more threat to a smooth Olympics. Geez, whose idea was it to hold the Games in Beijing anyway?

Excerpt: “With less than six weeks before it plays host to the Olympic sailing regatta, the city of Qingdao has mobilized thousands of people and an armada of small boats to clean up an algae bloom that is choking large stretches of the coastline and threatening to impede the Olympic competition.”