The Chinese government is well aware of public discontent over the persistent smog in its capital city. Since the 2008 Beijing Olympics, local authorities have announced a clutch of new laws and ...
Beijing's acting mayor announced Saturday that the city would be setting up an environmental police force to reduce secondary sources of air pollution that contribute to the capital's notorious smog.
Beijing from the air as smog blankets the city. China has ordered hundreds of factories to close and to restrict motorists to cut emissions. In Beijing flights were canceled at the city’s main ...
SHANGHAI--Air pollution has caused an estimated 49,000 deaths and $23 billion (2.4 trillion yen) in economic losses in the cities of Beijing and Shanghai alone since Jan. 1, according to a ...
"I can't believe how bad it is," said US tourist Richard Deutsch in Tiananmen Square in central Beijing, which was shrouded in heavy smog. "I have never experienced air this bad," said Deutsch ...
For a long time, people living in two densely populated Asian capitals have suffered the toxic smog that blanket their cities. On some days, when the smoke draped Delhi and Beijing - both teeming ...
Rather, his vacuum was pointed skyward. The target: Air pollution. His performance seems eerily timely. Beijing suffered its worst air pollution of the year on Monday, and issued a rare orange alert.
China very sincerely wants to curb air pollution across the nation and has taken serious measures in that direction. Beijing’s current Five-Year Clean Air Action Plan aims to reduce overall ...
Forty seven flights at the Beijing Capital International Airport ... It's not just a health issue, as air pollution has been causing social unrest in China. Premier Li Keqiang has committed ...