Air pollution is an unfortunate consequence of China's recent rapid development. The 2008 Olympics are focusing on global attention on Beijing's air quality. Despite government efforts to control the ...

Beijing achieved remarkable improvements in air quality last year, setting two historic records with the highest number of days with good air quality and the lowest number of days with heavy ...

BEIJING -- Beijing recorded 290 days of good air quality last year, the highest since monitoring began, the municipal ecology and environment bureau said Thursday. The number of days with good air ...

Last month Beijing's air pollution soared past levels considered hazardous by the World Health Organization. Prior to that, the government often played down the pollution in Beijing, insisting it ...

With the exception of Beijing 2008, the Rio Games are shaping up to be held in some of the worst air quality conditions ... Your best source of news about the Olympics is AroundTheRings.com ...

particularly before the 2018 Beijing Olympics. "It is unfortunate that India faces bad air quality issue every time during winters. Learning from China, which used to have similar problem ...

Within the city’s urban area, chronic issues with air quality remain ... calling on G20 leaders to boycott the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics due to China's treatment of Tibet, Uyghur Muslims ...

Douglas McIntyre and David Callaway contrasted China’s success in reducing air pollution with India’s ongoing struggle. They noted how the 2008 Beijing Olympics spurred significant ...

Air pollution has caused an estimated 49,000 deaths and US$23 billion in economic losses in the cities of Beijing and Shanghai alone since January 1, 2020, according to a “clean air counter ...

Audrey King was just five years old when she visited Beijing for the Olympics in 2008 ... “Once that was over, it was like a breath of fresh air,” said King. Siobhan Haughey’s journey ...