However, the sandstorm in Beijing has made the Sun appear blue. It’s because the particles of dust from the storm scatter and absorb longer wavelengths of red light, which is what our eyes would ...

BEIJING -- Beijing, the host city of the 2008 Olympic Games, saw its 246th blue sky in 2007 Monday, narrowly fulfilling its annual target of 245 by just one day more. Beijing citizens take photos ...

“APEC Blue,” a term that emerged this week to describe the ephemeral skies above Beijing just before the ... including Hebei and Inner Mongolia, light industrial production fell from 13.3 ...

Drastic measures taken by Beijing over the past three days helped cut emissions by 30 per cent and stopped air pollution from worsening as north winds blew away the smog on Thursday. A blue sky ...