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The drug-sniffing dogs are used in the airplanes at Terminal 3 of Beijing’s Capital International Airport. The dogs wears uniforms and leather shoes, appeared on the plane from the United Arab Emirates Monday. Once the dogs detect a suspicious scent, officials can check the suspect before they leave the airport.

According to the official, drug-trafficking through human bodies and luggage in Beijing’s airports have been increasing over recent years. So the drug-sniffing dogs will help the police to check about the drugs as their noses are enormously accurate.

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According to the news from the aviation authorities that  passengers in China to remove their shoes for safety checks as part of a tighter security system ahead of the Olympics.

So what do you think regarding this check process for tighter air secutity. Is it good for safe of everyone? Is it unnecessary for this kind of arrangnent? Or it doesn’t matter?

In my personal opinion, it is not a bad thing during the time for Olympic. You know, safety is the most important thing for everyone. Without safety, talking about spots or life is useless. Right?

Staff would also examine cabin baggage more closely and “easy boarding” services, where passengers pay for the privilege of speedier security checks and priority boarding, would be banned.

Your safe can be assured in China, take it easy.

Beijing Capital Airport’s spanking new Terminal Three opens this Friday. The Norman Foster-designed building is being touted as the largest building in the world. And it is colossal. To give you an idea of just how big it is, the terminal is the size of 170 soccer fields put together, and that is 17 percent more floor space than all of London Heathrow’s five terminals put together! The terminal is shaped like the character 人 which means people, and its design reminds one of the dragon, complete with ’scales’ oriented south-east to capture as much of the winter sun as possible.

Thanks to the Olympics, this year will see Beijing being catapulted into the league of the world’s busiest air hubs, alongside Atlanta, Heathrow, Tokyo Haneda and Chicago O’Hare:

Skyrocketing demand for travel in China on the back of its saw the airport handle 48 million passengers last year, far above its capacity of 35 million. This summer’s Olympics are expected to boost this number to 64 million, out of a capacity of 76 million…
Still that is unlikely to meet with demand for the next few years. A second airport is already being planned for Beijing.