Beijing air pollution

The Chinese capital has for many years suffered from serious air pollution. Primary sources of pollutants include exhaust emission from Beijing's more than five million motor vehicles, coal burning in neighbouring regions, dust storms from the north and local construction dust. A particularly severe smog engulfed the city for weeks in early 2013, elevating public awareness to unprecedented levels and prompting the government to roll out emergency measures.

ENVIRONMENT

China career boost can come with health risks

30 Apr 2013

Whitney Foard Small loved China and her job as a regional director of communications for a top automaker. But after air pollution led to several stays in hospital and finally a written warning...

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Environmental experts say China's new leadership has to tackle pollution

21 Apr 2013

Lingering smog, dead pigs floating down waterways and rivers turned red and white - the mainland's new leadership was ushered in a month ago amid dreadful scenes in stark contrast to the "blue sky...

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Beijing only 17th most polluted city, ministry says

20 Apr 2013

Beijing has a serious air pollution problem, but officially it was not even among the 10 most polluted mainland cities in the first three months of this year.

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Air quality in Beijing second worst out of 31 mainland cities

12 Apr 2013

Air quality seriously deteriorated in some major metropolises on the mainland last year, but there were surprising improvements in a few cities, said an environmental report released in Beijing...

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Deforestation to blame for Beijing's pollution

1 Apr 2013

Surrounded by hills and plains, close to the Mongolian Plateau, Beijing suffers from extremes of temperature. Every year after the harsh, cold winter, the sandstorm from the Gobi desert invades...

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Technology firm Halma cleans up in Beijing's war on air pollution

28 Mar 2013

The London-listed technology firm Halma plans to make inroads into the market for air pollution monitors on the mainland as advanced technology is increasingly adopted to protect the environment...

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Opinion

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Proposing barbecue ban to ease smog is at least an admission of problem

Draft proposals for improving air quality submitted by the Ministry of Environmental Protection for public feedback are timely, given the smog that has blighted large parts of the mainland...

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How to prosecute the Tang illegal basement case?

We've been brooding over the charges that Henry Tang Ying-yen's wife, Lisa Kuo Yu-chin, is due to face in respect of the illegal basement. She has been charged in connection with building works...

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Letters to the Editor, March 12, 2013

The Spanish Constitutional Court recently ordered the release of Gabriel Ricardo Dias-Azedo who is wanted in Hong Kong for offences relating to the embezzlement of funds entrusted to him by...

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LEADER

Beijing must make fighting pollution its priority

Market observers were quick to draw a connection between Beijing's announcement of record spending and a prompt surge in the Dow Jones Industrial Average to a new peak. That shows how much the...

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ENVIRONMENT

Dust storms and smog revisit the streets of Beijing

Few words could better describe the weather in Beijing yesterday than the Chinese idiom "flying sand and rolling pebbles" as the capital city was gripped by its second smog-choked dust storm in...

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Dust storm set to sweep through Beijing a day after smog

Beijing is set to be hit by a dust storm today just 24 hours after being enveloped by smog, marking its second encounter with a combination of two different types of air pollution in less than two...

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