By 2010, mask-wearing had become extremely common, even stylish, in Asia. When we moved to Beijing in 2011, there were days when the pollution was so thick that I couldn’t see more than four ...

Beijing from the air as smog blankets the city. China has ordered hundreds of factories to close and to restrict motorists to cut emissions. In Beijing flights were canceled at the city’s main ...

An curved arrow pointing right. These photos were taken in the exact same locations in Beijing within 24 hours of each other. On Tuesday, smog blanketed the city and hit 25 times what is ...

Rather, his vacuum was pointed skyward. The target: Air pollution. His performance seems eerily timely. Beijing suffered its worst air pollution of the year on Monday, and issued a rare orange alert.

A student stands on a sports field shrouded in smog on a polluted day in Beijing, China March 10, 2021. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins As Beijing attempts to keep Omicron and COVID-19 out of the ...

This month, things have gotten serious. Bloomberg reports that highways and airports in Beijing were closed down for a week to reduce heavy pollution. Police closed off the six expressways that ...

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 ...

And in keeping with recent IOC advice, Ljungqvist says that face masks for athletes ... for athletes to combat pollution levels, saying only: “Athletes competing in Beijing will be there for ...