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1. News - China

   Smog or smoke? Zhejiang factory fire burns for three hours before residents notice

   Posted Jan 15th 2013, 10:26am by Amy Li

   ... including Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui and Hebei have also reported worsening air quality in the past few days.   Chinese media call for action as smog hits record levels Smog threat remains; Beijing ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1128437/smog-or-smoke-zhejiang-factory-fire-burns-three-hours-residents-notice
2. News - China - ENVIRONMENT

   Air quality in Beijing second worst out of 31 mainland cities

   Posted Apr 12th 2013, 12:00am by STEPHEN CHEN

   ... air. "They made a wise decision because I don't think Beijing's air quality will improve any time soon," he said. "Many locals, in fact, have the same idea. But we have ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1212552/air-quality-beijing-second-worst-out-31-mainland-cities
3. Business - China Business

   Clearing a way to the top of the mainland China market

   Posted Mar 05th 2013, 12:00am by Kwong Man-ki

   ... air-purifier makers in China, we believe we will become No1 in the coming years," said Hu Jie, general manager of the group's air purifier unit, Broad Air Quality Tech. Those top three ...

   http://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/1177203/clearing-way-top-mainland-china-market
4. Comment - Insight & Opinion

   Clean air should be a basic right

   Posted Jan 15th 2013, 12:00am

   ... Comment Insight & Opinion Beijing air pollution Smog China Beijing Air quality SCMP Editorial Hazardous smog - that has for days blanketed north, central and east China - makes plain the scale of the environmental challenge Xi Jinping's incoming government faces. Air quality readings have been pushed off the charts by the foul-smelling, metallic-tasting pall that has cut ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1128105/clean-air-should-be-basic-right
5. Comment - Letters

   Letters to the Editor, February 13, 2013

   Posted Feb 13th 2013, 12:00am by LETTERS

   ... investigations, wasting time and resources and bringing us nowhere closer to solving pressing issues in our city. William McCorkindale, Ma On Shan   Get it right with air quality readings in city I refer ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/letters/article/1148967/letters-editor-february-13-2013
6. News - China - POLLUTION

   Most cities expected to fail to meet stricter new air pollution standards

   Posted Jan 03rd 2013, 12:00am by Shi Jiangtao

   ... News China Pollution China air quality measurements Shi Jiangtao in Beijing jiangtao.shi@scmp.com Stricter air quality measurements on mainland are seen as step forward in government transparency, but only five of 120 cities hit standard Only five of 120 mainland cities logged "blue-sky days" on New Year's Day as the first up-to-the-hour air quality readings were ... new --> newgalileo Jan 3rd 2013 10:16am Finally the Chinese citizens wake up for the danger. I was one of the first to publicly (on my blog) point at the Beijing cover-up of the pollution and its danger. That time many people thought I was a "bit weird" to always mention the PM2.5. Today I am still trying to get rid of a cold in Beijing, difficult ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1118612/most-cities-expected-fail-meet-stricter-new-air-pollution-standards
7. Comment - Blogs

   Beijing's crazy, quick fixes for toxic air: canned air, bicycle-powered air filters

   Posted Jan 31st 2013, 12:08pm by Christy Choi

   ... this: It's no wonder Beijing-based British artist Matt Hope wanted to design a bicycle that powers an air filter, as he rides through the city. Elsewhere in Beijing, billionaire ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/blogs/article/1140115/beijings-crazy-quick-fixes-toxic-air-canned-air-bicycle-powered-air
8. News - China - ENVIRONMENT

   Beijing air quality plummets after Lantern Festival fireworks

   Posted Feb 25th 2013, 11:56am by Chris Luo

   ... displays is only an environmental protection campaign, nothing more,” one internet user said online. Beijing’s air quality has frequently made headlines in the last several months. The government ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1158169/beijing-air-quality-plummets-after-lantern-festival-fireworks
9. News - China - ENVIRONMENT

   State oil and pollution politics blamed for bad air in China

   Posted Feb 03rd 2013, 01:00pm by Reuters in Beijing

   ... News China Business Companies Beijing air pollution Sinopec CNPC Emissions Reuters in Beijing The search for culprits behind the rancid haze enveloping China’s capital has turned ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1142432/politics-pollution-cnpc-sinopec-take-choke-hold-power
10. News - China - ENVIRONMENT

    China career boost can come with health risks

    Posted Apr 30th 2013, 07:35pm by AP

    ... News China Beijing air pollution Associated Press in Beijing Whitney Foard Small loved China and her job as a regional director of communications for a top automaker. But after air ...

    http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1226929/china-career-boost-can-come-health-risks

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