Tag: air pollution in china

Chinese cities to restrict car purchases

China plans to restrict purchases of vehicles in a bid to curb air pollution fueled…

Fresh street protests hit Chinese chemical plant

Hundreds of people have taken to the streets in a renewed protest against a proposed…

Japan, China talk on cooperation to tackle smog

Japanese officials met with their Chinese counterparts in Beijing as part of a ramping up…

China tones down Lunar New Year celebrations

Even as fireworks lit up China’s skies to ring in the Lunar New Year, signs…

Flights cancelled as "off-the-scale" smog suffocates Beijing

Eastern China plunged into a thick haze as air pollution in the city reached extreme…

Hazardous smog chokes Beijing

Beijing’s skyline vanished as a thick, foul-smelling layer of smog fell over the city as…

Beijing to close coal fired power plants "by 2015"

China has announced plans to shut down its coal-fired power plants in an attempt to…