A combination photo shows the weather conditions respectively on (from left) Feb 27, Feb 28, Mar 01, Mar 02, Mar 03, Mar 04, and Mar 05, in Tiananmen Square in Beijing. Photo: Simon Song A combination photo shows the weather conditions respectively on (from left) Feb 27, Feb 28, Mar 01, Mar 02, Mar 03, Mar 04, and Mar 05, in Tiananmen Square in Beijing. Photo: Simon Song
A combination photo shows the weather conditions respectively on (from left) Feb 27, Feb 28, Mar 01, Mar 02, Mar 03, Mar 04, and Mar 05, in Tiananmen Square in Beijing. Photo: Simon Song
China /  Politics

One week in Beijing: from blue skies to smog and back again

Visitors arriving for China’s ‘two sessions’ were treated to a few clear days before smog descended on the city

Topic |   China's Two Sessions 2017
Laura Warne
Laura Warne

Updated: 11:40am, 2 Apr, 2017

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A combination photo shows the weather conditions respectively on (from left) Feb 27, Feb 28, Mar 01, Mar 02, Mar 03, Mar 04, and Mar 05, in Tiananmen Square in Beijing. Photo: Simon Song A combination photo shows the weather conditions respectively on (from left) Feb 27, Feb 28, Mar 01, Mar 02, Mar 03, Mar 04, and Mar 05, in Tiananmen Square in Beijing. Photo: Simon Song
A combination photo shows the weather conditions respectively on (from left) Feb 27, Feb 28, Mar 01, Mar 02, Mar 03, Mar 04, and Mar 05, in Tiananmen Square in Beijing. Photo: Simon Song
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