China’s smog reducing efforts improved public health - but may have accelerated global warming by reducing sunlight-reflecting aerosols.

Beijing is launching a new police force aimed at tackling its persistent smog problem. This comes after a month of particularly severe air quality that left the capital and dozens of other Chinese ...

Beijing’s smog: When a scale of zero to 500 doesn’t go high enough A Chinese boy wears a mask as protection from the pollution as he stands with a China flag in Beijing’s Forbidden City ...

Beijing was once again shrouded in smog on Saturday after several days of heavy pollution which have plagued China’s capital during the Lunar New Year national holiday.

It's tempting to conclude that China's supposedly "can-do" government will find a way to clean up Beijing's air. Yet, according to an assessment by research house Gavekal Dragonomics, the problem ...

Beijing’s smog may be thick, but parents say the bureaucracy is impenetrable Pupils cover their noses after school in heavy smog on Dec. 23 in Binzhou, China.

China's smog problem BEIJING - Beijing issued its first-ever red alert for smog on Monday, urging schools to close and invoking restrictions on factories and traffic that will keep half of the ...

Beijing is choking on thick, brown smog after air pollution levels skyrocketed on Monday to more than 20 times what the World Health Organization considers to be safe.

BEIJING—China’s notoriously smoggy capital is experiencing a marked reduction in air pollution after an aggressive government campaign to curb smokestack industries and shift away from coal ...

China's government has vowed to cut pollution here this week by as much as 40 percent. Smog that is normally present in Beijing was missing as the APEC summit opened.

Residents of China's capital are enjoying a much-needed respiratory respite this week, as suffocating smog finally subsided to clear blue skies.

Under China’s current anti-smog plan, over 3.6 million households in Beijing, Tianjin and 26 other cities in northern China will have had their coal-fired heating systems converted to healthier ...