Beijing has issued its first red alert for pollution this year, with severely high levels of smog expected in northern China for five ... used the official air quality index (AQI) and measured ...

China’s push to move heavy industry into its western regions is hurting air quality there even as it improves for the nation ...

Wuhan in central China and Nanjing in east China were the most polluted cities on the list, based on the government's air pollution index.

Beijing is suffering through a week of dangerous air pollution levels ... "Many of us (who live in China) have apps on our phones that tell us the current pollution levels. The (Environmental ...

China's pollution is bad ... pollution is for the country. Here is a chart from the U.S. Department of State explaining the Air Quality Index: And from Air Pollution in Asia, this is North ...

Ten years ago, China’s capital was often covered in dense yellow and gray smog, so thick it shrouded nearly everything from view. People locked their windows, donned face masks and cranked air ...

Severe pollution has slashed an average of five and half years from life expectancy in northern China, as toxic air has led to higher rates of stroke, heart disease and cancer. These are the ...

A severe sandstorm has swept across Beijing and several northern provinces in China ... the Chinese capital where the air quality index of PM10 – particles of pollution that are less than ...

The delays since Sunday evening at one of the busiest, most modern airports in the world raise questions about whether air pollution in China has gotten ... night that the index of fine ...

All 13 cities, including Tianjin and Tangshan, China's biggest ... raising fears that pollution could be allowed to rise. An orange alert means the three-day average air quality index (AQI ...

On March 5th China ... in the air have surpassed hazardous levels, at times jumping beyond the index that measures particulate matter. "We will resolutely declare war against pollution as ...