One of Beijing’s worst rounds of air pollution kept schoolchildren indoors and sent coughing residents to hospitals Monday, but this time something was different about the murky haze: the government’s transparency in talking about it. While welcomed by residents and …
Chinese authorities have raised Beijing storm’s death toll to 77 from 37 after the public questioned the days-old tally. Some residents even compiled their own totals in a reflection of deep mistrust of the government’s handling of the disaster. The …
Clouds of smoke from Lunar New Year fireworks sent the China city of Beijing’s air pollution soaring under a new more sensitive measurement system, reports said Sunday. Readings of fine particulate matter called PM2.5 reached 1.593 milligrams per cubic meter …