Beijing’s air pollution continued to get worse for some years after the games as China continued to industrialize, grow, and ...

The government has promised more funding for local support programs. Details remain unclear. For now, clean skies hang over ...

China banned the burning of coal for heat around Beijing, but natural gas subsidies have run out, leaving many villagers ...

Levels of pollution have soared past the levels considered hazardous by the World Health Organisation, as dense smog hangs over Beijing and 30 other cities in northern and eastern China. As Beijing ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's capital Beijing was bracing for four days of choking smog starting on Saturday, but residents said the haze was less severe than forecast, with some questioning why the ...

BEIJING -- The Chinese capital was shrouded in thick gray smog Sunday, 12 days before the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games. One expert warned that drastic measures enacted to cut vehicle ...

BEIJING — China faced “critical battles” in defusing economic risks and reining in pollution, the country’s premier, Li Keqiang, said Monday in an annual state-of-the-nation report to lawmakers that ...

Beijing’s turnaround began when air quality was elevated from a sectoral concern to a core developmental objective. President ...

BEIJING -- Beijing's Olympic shutdown begins today, a drastic plan to lift the Chinese capital's gray shroud of pollution three weeks ahead of the games. Half of Beijing's 3.3 million vehicles will be ...

With less than a month to go until the start of the Beijing Olympics, the air in the Chinese capital remains gray and smoggy. While the International Olympic Committee has generally praised the city’s ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - Residents of China's capital awoke on Saturday to dense, choking smog after many set off a barrage of fireworks overnight to ring in the Lunar New Year, despite limits and public ...