When Good Environmental Policies Go Wrong
China’s central leaders have been waging an official “war on pollution” for nearly four years,...
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Minitrue: Delete Report on Air Pollution Deaths
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
Tang Yinghong: The Age of Smog
Despite the official launch of a “war on pollution” three years ago, cities in China...
Beijing Plans to List Smog as “Natural Disaster”
For the first time in 2016, Beijing authorities have issued a five-day “red alert” for...
Drawing the News: “Let Me Breathe!”
Residents fed up with dangerous levels of air pollution in Chengdu and surrounding areas have...
A Historian’s Advice: Learn From Others’ Mistakes
China declared “war on pollution” in 2014 after public anger concerning the nation’s infamous and...
Xi’an Officials Detained for Altering Air Quality Data
Amid China’s ongoing “war on pollution,” central authorities have signaled their...
Study: Air Pollution Deaths to Rise as Smog Clears
According to a study by researchers at Tsinghua University and the U.S.-based Health Effects...
Environment in Focus at Top Political Meetings
Almost exactly two years after Premier Li Keqiang declared “war on pollution” in his...
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...
Study: China’s Air Pollution Kills 1.6 Million a Year
A Berkeley Earth study of newly released air quality data from 1,500 sites across East Asia has...
Chai Jing: “Under the Dome”
On February 28 2015, former China Central Television anchor Chai Jing released a powerful,...
Smog Journeys: Air Pollution Inspires Film & Novel
This winter, like years past, has seen Beijing and other Chinese cities blanketed in a thick cover...
Anti-Terror, Smog Measures Ahead of APEC Summit
As Beijing prepares to host a series of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meetings, state...
China Pollution Levels Hit 20 Times Safe Limit
As heavy-smog season 2014-2015 begins in China, AFP reports that PM2.5 readings in Hebei province...
What to Make of State Media’s War on Acronyms? LOL
At Caixin, Yu Ge comments on recent criticism in People’s Daily of the adoption of English...
China Suffers 27% of World Cancer Deaths
At Bloomberg Christina Larson reports on the dramatic rise of cancer in China: A recent report...
Heavy Smog Blankets Eastern China
Nanjing cancelled primary and secondary school classes on Thursday, while Qingdao banned outdoor...
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