The visible effect of pollution in China is undeniable. I recently spent two weeks in Beijing, where I grew up, with my family. For the first seven days, the sun did not shine. A hazy layer of...
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- Oct 3, 2013
- Updated: 9:02am
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.
30 Sep 2013
Heavy smog that has already devastated northern China regions, including Beijing and its surrounding provinces, for days is expected to continue into the upcoming National Day holiday, the...
8:08PM
30 Sep 2013
Beijing was cloaked in smog for the third consecutive day yesterday as the city's weather bureau issued a yellow alert for haze. Some emergency measures promised by authorities earlier have yet to...
1:29PM
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24 Sep 2013
Nearly a quarter of the smog that blankets Beijing originates from neighbouring provinces and cities, the municipal environmental bureau said yesterday, highlighting a key challenge the capital...
4:32AM
19 Sep 2013
The central government set its first provincial-level coal-reduction targets yesterday in a bid to clean up its air, as a foreign car executive said his mainland counterparts could do more to...
4:53AM
13 Sep 2013
Rong Jun, a delegate with Beijing Municipal Commission of Transport, told China News Services on Tuesday that the government was considering the charge as part of a plan to ease traffic congestion...
5:06AM
The mainland yesterday unveiled its first comprehensive plan to fight air pollution, promising significant improvements in air quality in key regions by 2017.
4:28AM
China, one of the most visited countries in the world, has seen sharply fewer tourists this year – with worsening air pollution partly to blame.
4:46AM
The sunny days of August 2008 are just a happy memory. Five years on, face masks are a regular sight in the capital to battle an 'airpocalypse'.
5:34AM
The number of tourists visiting China’s capital fell by more than 14 per cent in the first half of this year compared to last year, state media reported on Saturday, with air pollution blamed for...
12:53PM
Air quality in 74 major cities was deemed unsafe for nearly half of the days in the first six months of this year, with the area comprising Beijing Tianjin-Hebei area found to be the most polluted...
5:15AM
A new study links heavy air pollution from coal burning to shorter lives in northern China.
10:59AM
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