Beijing
April 17, 2013
Toyota Motor Corp., Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (China) Co., Beihang University and CenNavi Technologies Co. have agreed to begin a joint project to help alleviate ...
April 16, 2013
The other day I bought a magazine in Beijing called "Zhichang" (Workplace), which came with a "PM2.5 mask." I think this goes to show how concerned Beijing residents are about...
April 13, 2013
BEIJING--The Chinese capital reported on April 13 its first case of a new strain of bird flu, state news agency Xinhua said, the first time it has been found in a human outside ...
March 08, 2013
BEIJING--Communist Party leaders have come under attack at the National People’s Congress over worsening air pollution in Chinese cities as the capital is blanketed in a...
February 28, 2013
BEIJING--Air quality worsened in China's capital and surrounding regions on Feb. 28, as the country's new leaders geared up for a major congress where public anger has likely...
February 22, 2013
BEIJING--Air pollution in Beijing is worse than anything Japan ever experienced, according to a medical attache at the Japanese Embassy here.
February 12, 2013
DANDONG, China--China's patience with North Korea is wearing thin, and a widely-expected nuclear test by the latter could bring that frustration to a head.
February 10, 2013
BEIJING--Fireworks to ring in the Lunar New Year could be heard in the Chinese capital from about 7 p.m. on Feb. 9, the eve of the Lunar New Year.
February 10, 2013
The air of Beijing's Maliandao Street is thick with the smell of tea and the enticements of eager salespeople. This is the home of Tea City, a building that houses around 300...
February 08, 2013
BEIJING--China will compensate a woman who was held in a disused morgue as punishment for going to Beijing to petition against her husband's jailing, state media said on Feb. 8,...
February 07, 2013
BEIJING--The Japanese Embassy here has likened conditions for residents in this heavily polluted city to "testing on animals," and is urging expatriates to seal their...
February 03, 2013
BEIJING--Spending a day here when smog blankets the city and the air pollution is severe is equivalent to smoking 21 cigarettes, or about a pack a day, according to a survey by ...
February 02, 2013
BEIJING--China's notoriously smog-bound capital Beijing asked residents on Feb. 1 to set off fewer fireworks over this month's Chinese New Year period as it battles a...
February 01, 2013
Traces of China's air pollution have reached southwestern Japan, alarming residents and leading government officials to consider international cooperation to deal with the...
January 31, 2013
BEIJING--Liu Fang quietly hugged her 5-year-old son and returned to home in eastern Shandong province, ending a nine-month effort in the capital to secure the release of her...
January 31, 2013
BEIJING--Thick smog blanketed Beijing, making the giant portrait of Mao Tse-tung in Tiananmen Square barely visible, on Jan. 30.
January 29, 2013
BEIJING--Beijing temporarily shut down 103 heavily polluting factories and took 30 percent of government vehicles off roads to combat dangerously high air pollution, state...
January 22, 2013
BEIJING--New plans to reduce air pollution in Beijing fell flat on Jan. 22, judging by initial online reaction, as the capital's mayor unveiled measures to ease the chronic...
January 21, 2013
The Chinese press has covered Beijing's recent pollution crisis with unusual openness. What caused this shift? Matt Schiavenza, an associate editor at The Atlantic, writes that ...
January 12, 2013
BEIJING--Air pollution levels in China's notoriously dirty capital were at dangerous levels Jan. 12, with cloudy skies blocking out visibility and warnings issued for people to ...