The Chinese government operates a division called the Beijing Weather Modification Office. It is reportedly the largest weather control program in the world.Asia Times Online: Ready, aim, fire and rain (July 13, 2007) China uses a controversial technique called cloud seeding New Scientist Tech: Weather control claims put to the test (April 23, 2008) to artificially create rain and snow, as well as divert rainstorms and prevent hailstorms.
On October 1, 2009, China celebratee the 60th anniversary of the day Mao Zedong founded the communist state in 1949. China usee 48 "fog dispersal" vehicles to stop it from raining on their parade and fireworks display in Tiananmen Square.http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/1006671/1/.html
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Overseen by the Beijing Meteorological Bureau
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Wang Guanghe
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Cloud seeding technique fires silver-iodide pellets to condense clouds into rain
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7,100 anti-aircraft guns, 4,991 rocket launchers and about 30 aircraft outfitted with silver-iodide projectilesAsia Times Online: Ready, aim, fire and rain (July 13, 2007)
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Plans to use cloud seeding in order to divert rain from Beijing during the opening ceremonies for the 2008 OlympicsChina Daily: Gov't to set up center for weather control (May 21, 2007)
