BEIJING – Schools in the Chinese capital kept students indoors and parents brought their kids to hospitals with breathing ailments Tuesday as Beijing grappled with extremely severe air pollution ...

On Monday, for the first time, the government of Beijing ordered a red alert warning for toxic smog. The red alert is the most severe in an air-quality warning system implemented by the Chinese ...

In China's capital, they're calling it the "airpocalypse," with air pollution ... school. This follows intense public pressure on the issue, driven by the fact that the U.S. Embassy in Beijing ...

“If schools and districts can afford air filters, they can install them,” Xian added. Beijing has issued two “red alerts” this winter due to severe pollution. Schools are closed during the ...

BEIJING, Dec. 16 (UPI) --Beijing issued a five-day red alert as the year's most severe air pollution enveloped ... In Beijing, schools are closed, construction work is halted, and traffic has ...

BEIJING Beijing schools kept children ... weekend of off-the charts pollution in China's smoggy capital, the worst since the government began being more open about air-quality data.

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Beijing issued its first red alert for air pollution on Monday ... from 7 a.m. on Tuesday to noon on Thursday. Not only will schools close, but drivers will only be allowed to use their cars ...

On the way to school, my kids and I play a guessing game: How polluted is the air today? We use an app linked to the air pollution monitor at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, and we try to guess the ...

Schools in Beijing were ordered to keep students indoors Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2015 after record-breaking air pollution in the Chinese capital soared to up to 35 times the safe levels. (AP Photo/Mark ...

Schools in the Chinese capital kept students indoors and parents brought their kids to hospitals with breathing ailments Tuesday as Beijing grappled with extremely severe air pollution for the ...