China Smog

• China appoints 5,500 inspectors to find smog cheaters in polluted north

  China's environment ministry says it will send 5,500 inspectors on a year-long investigation into the sources of air pollution in major northern cities.

  Environment

  Apr 6, 2017
  
• China nabs 720 people in pollution crackdown

  China detained 720 people and Beijing imposed $21.8 million of fines for violating environmental protection laws in 2016.

  World

  Jan 11, 2017
  
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• Time-lapse video shows wall of smog engulf Beijing

  The video condenses 20 minutes into 12 seconds and was recorded on Monday by British national Chas Pope from what appears to be inside a skyscraper overlooking a busy highway.

  Environment

  Jan 3, 2017
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• ‘Smog free’ tourism is booming in Beijing as residents deal with record pollution levels

  Residents of China's capital were wearing face masks and using air purifiers to try to avoid heavy pollution blanketing the city for a fifth day on Wednesday.

  World

  Dec 21, 2016
• Smog engulfs cities in northern China for fourth day

  A plane carrying the chief executive of the world's biggest oil exporter was prevented from landing in the Chinese capital of Beijing on Tuesday because of thick smog blanketing large swathes of northern China.

  Environment

  Dec 20, 2016
• Smog alert continues in China, grounding flights, closing highways

  Thick, grey smog fell over Beijing Tuesday, choking China's capital in a haze that spurred authorities to cancel flights and close some highways.

  Money

  Dec 20, 2016
• Flights cancelled, kids taken to hospital due to smog in Chinese city

  A smog-shrouded Chinese city canceled airline flights Sunday due to poor visibility and parents took children to hospitals on the second day of a pollution alert across the country's north.

  World

  Dec 18, 2016