Surrounded by hills and plains, close to the Mongolian Plateau, Beijing suffers from extremes of temperature. Every year after the harsh, cold winter, the sandstorm from the Gobi desert invades...
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Beijing air pollution
The Chinese capital has for many years suffered from serious air pollution. Primary sources of pollutants include exhaust emission from Beijing's more than five million motor vehicles, coal burning in neighbouring regions, dust storms from the north and local construction dust. A particularly severe smog engulfed the city for weeks in early 2013, elevating public awareness to unprecedented levels and prompting the government to roll out emergency measures.
28 Mar 2013
The London-listed technology firm Halma plans to make inroads into the market for air pollution monitors on the mainland as advanced technology is increasingly adopted to protect the environment...
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Draft proposals for improving air quality submitted by the Ministry of Environmental Protection for public feedback are timely, given the smog that has blighted large parts of the mainland...
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Facing public outrage over smog-choked cities and filthy rivers, China’s leaders are promising to clean up the country’s neglected environment – a pledge that sets up a clash with political...
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Market observers were quick to draw a connection between Beijing's announcement of record spending and a prompt surge in the Dow Jones Industrial Average to a new peak. That shows how much the...
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Few words could better describe the weather in Beijing yesterday than the Chinese idiom "flying sand and rolling pebbles" as the capital city was gripped by its second smog-choked dust storm in...
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Beijing is set to be hit by a dust storm today just 24 hours after being enveloped by smog, marking its second encounter with a combination of two different types of air pollution in less than two...
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Beijing's air pollution levels soared on Friday after thick smog engulfed the capital. The US embassy air quality monitor for PM2.5 - airborne particles small enough to enter the lungs and blood...
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On Financial Secretary John Tsang's claim that he is middle class, the government's plan for a new citywide clean-up campaign, and Beijing's air pollution problems.
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