{"id":1152,"date":"2007-07-24T14:04:52","date_gmt":"2007-07-24T14:04:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.thesocialmedia.com\/petrol-head\/2007\/07\/24\/chinese-governm\/"},"modified":"2012-07-17T13:56:01","modified_gmt":"2012-07-17T13:56:01","slug":"chinese-governm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.thesocialmedia.com\/petrol-head\/2007\/07\/24\/chinese-governm\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese government bans 444 vehicles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.thesocialmedia.com\/petrol-head\/files\/2012\/07\/traffic1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Traffic\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.thesocialmedia.com\/petrol-head\/files\/2012\/07\/traffic.jpg\" width=\"470\" height=\"324\"  style=\"float: left;margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/><\/a><br \/> While the U.S. are still reluctant to reduce their car emissions, the Chinese government wants to improve its status in the world and nowadays the best way to do this is by reducing its carbon footprint. Beijing has therefore decided to forbid the sale of 444 vehicles because they do not meet current energy saving regulations.<\/p>\n<p>This is the first time the central government has taken action to solve the country&#8217;s transportation problem. Recently Beijing mayorl announced it would ban 1 million cars from entering the capital from 7 to 20 August next year during the olympic games. Likewise the mayor of Shenzhen has urged its citizens to stop buying cars.<\/p>\n<p>Source photo: Business Week<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While the U.S. are still reluctant to reduce their car emissions, the Chinese government wants to improve its status in the world and nowadays the best way to do this is by reducing its carbon footprint. 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