Citing safety, China to reduce domestic flights and ban new airlines
China's aviation authority, citing safety concerns, has announced plans to scale back flights at overstretched Beijing airport and a ban on the founding of new airlines before 2010.
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Bacteria photo courtesy of Vijñāna
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