Chinese look to weather manipulation to ensure optimum conditions for Olympics (Excerpt) BEIJING’S BUREAUCRATS HAVE also embarked on a Great Leap Forward in manipulating the weather by dispelling rain and fog, trying to ensure that nothing, er, clouds China’s achievements and image during important public events. “We’ll definitely be consulted on how to create beautiful conditions for the Olympics,” says Wang Wang, one of China’s foremost experts at Beijing’s Study Institute of Artificial Influence on the Weather. Rest of article at http://www.msnbc.com/news/786610.asp