Beijing Plans to List Smog as “Natural Disaster”
For the first time in 2016, Beijing authorities have issued a five-day “red alert” for...
airpocalypse
U.N. Climate Talks Extended as Smog Swallows Beijing
The U.N. Climate Change Conference (COP21) in Paris has been extended by one day after parties...
China’s Solar Panels Come at a Dirty Cost
China today accounts for more than half of the world’s photovoltaic (PV) production, and the...
Minitrue: Naked Pigs in the Smog
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
Netizen Voices: Smog Fortifications
The word “airpocalypse” was used last January to describe record PM 2.5 levels in Beijing, and the...
Heavy Smog Blankets Eastern China
Nanjing cancelled primary and secondary school classes on Thursday, while Qingdao banned outdoor...
Beijing Destroys Barbecue Grills to Cut Pollution
After heavy air pollution brought life to a standstill for the second time this smog season in...
Heavy Smog Closes Roads, Airport in Northeast China
AP reports that heavy smog in in northeast China lowered visibility enough to close an airport in...
As Beijing Braces for Winter, ‘Airpocalypse’ Hits Harbin
As winter approaches, it means the beginning of heavy-smog season in China. Currently, the...
CDT 2013 China News Map
China Digital Times has put together a News Map for major China-related news events in 2013. This is a work in progress and will be updated regularly. Catch up here on the major stories from the first half of the year: View CDT...
Concerned About Beijing Smog? Buy a Gas Mask
Bloomberg Businessweek contributor Christina Larson reports that gas masks are the latest must-have accessory for the commuting Beijing resident: One friend, who works for an environmental nonprofit in Beijing, advised: “I have...
In China, Breathing Becomes a Childhood Risk
As severe smog becomes a fact of life for people living in Beijing and other Chinese cities, families with young children are hardest hit, Edward Wong reports for the New York Times. Many families, both Chinese and foreign, are...
Data: Cancer Beijing’s Biggest Killer
Data released by Beijing’s Cancer Prevention and Control Research Office indicates that cancer is the leading cause of death in China’s capital, according to Bloomberg Businessweek’s Christina Larson: Exposure...
Official: Beijing Air Quality “Relatively Poor”
In Beijing, levels of two key air pollutants in the first three months of this year had increased by nearly 30% compared with the same period in 2012, according to a Chinese media report which cited a local government official....
Beijing Air Quality “Worse than SARS”
As delegates to the National People’s Congress confront the issue of pollution following Beijing’s winter “airpocolypse,” Yanzhong Huang of the Council on Foreign Relations weighs the health consequences...
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