Beijing Plans to List Smog as “Natural Disaster”
For the first time in 2016, Beijing authorities have issued a five-day “red alert” for...
by Josh Rudolph | Dec 15, 2016
For the first time in 2016, Beijing authorities have issued a five-day “red alert” for...
by Josh Rudolph | Dec 11, 2015
The U.N. Climate Change Conference (COP21) in Paris has been extended by one day after parties...
by Josh Rudolph | Jun 2, 2014
China today accounts for more than half of the world’s photovoltaic (PV) production, and the...
by Josh Rudolph | Feb 24, 2014
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
by Josh Rudolph | Feb 24, 2014
The word “airpocalypse” was used last January to describe record PM 2.5 levels in Beijing, and the...
by Scott Greene | Dec 5, 2013
Nanjing cancelled primary and secondary school classes on Thursday, while Qingdao banned outdoor...
by Josh Rudolph | Nov 27, 2013
After heavy air pollution brought life to a standstill for the second time this smog season in...
by Josh Rudolph | Nov 25, 2013
AP reports that heavy smog in in northeast China lowered visibility enough to close an airport in...
by Josh Rudolph | Oct 21, 2013
As winter approaches, it means the beginning of heavy-smog season in China. Currently, the...
by Sophie Beach | Jun 24, 2013
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...
by Scott Greene | May 7, 2013
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...
by Sophie Beach | Apr 23, 2013
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...
by Scott Greene | Apr 11, 2013
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...
by Scott Greene | Apr 4, 2013
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....
by Scott Greene | Mar 7, 2013
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...