Other New Year’s traditions include the eating of dumplings in northern China and the lighting of fireworks. Local media reported air pollution levels in Beijing and several other cities shot up Friday night and early…
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Sparks fly as China marks Lunar New Year with fireworks, prayers, incense
BEIJING—Chinese are lighting incense sticks and praying at temples to wish for an auspicious start to the Lunar New Year. Thousands visited Beijing’s major temples on Saturday, the first day of the Year of the…
Chinese New Year fireworks spark a return to hazardous Beijing pollution
BEIJING Residents of China’s capital awoke on Saturday to dense, choking smog after many set off a barrage of fireworks overnight to ring in the Lunar New Year, despite limits and public admonitions against such…
Beijing makes 'no fireworks' plea amid smog concerns
Officials in China’s capital, Beijing, have called on residents to refrain from setting off fireworks for the Lunar New Year, amid smog concerns. The call comes after the entire province of Henan banned the practice.…
Beijing Welcomes Chinese New Year in Full Swing, Pollution-Free
While conjuring an image of a smog-free Beijing comes off as difficult these days, it nonetheless has become a conceivable reality this Chinese New Year. The Chinese capital experiences change in its air quality as…
Beijing welcomed Year of the Rooster enveloped in smog
Beijing on Saturday welcomed the Year of the Rooster enveloped in a thick cloud of smog from the customary fireworks and crackers lit by millions of Chinese to celebrate the New Year and scare off…
Beijing smog inspectors on frontlines of war on pollution
BEIJING Tougher law enforcement has reduced the number of environmental offenders in Beijing in recent years, but more companies need to adapt to the emissions standards in China’s capital, its environmental inspection squad says. Beijing…
Beijing city officials told no Lunar New Year fireworks to crack down on smog
The Beijing city Government has told officials to lead by example and not set off fireworks or firecrackers to welcome the Lunar New Year to help prevent smog, after the city was blanketed in a…
Beijing says no to crackers during Spring Festival to cut pollution
Authorities in Beijing have appealed to officials not to burst firecrackers and to discourage relatives from doing so while celebrating the Chinese New Year or Spring Festival in an attempt to curb the heavy and…
Beijing Residents Innovate, Invent Ways to Solve Smog Problem
Citizens in Beijing are finding personal solutions to the smog problem. Instead of just waiting for the government to reverse the effects of smog or eradicate the smog, residents in Beijing participate in protecting their…
China's gamble for global supremacy in era of Trump
Meanwhile the leader of Communist China rebranded his prickly protectionist power as the defender of globalisation and shared values. So after week one in this upside down new world, how stands China’s bid for global…
China to be world’s ‘anchor of stability’ to counter rising protectionism: Li Keqiang
Premier Li Keqiang pledged that China will give the world “an anchor of stability” by maintaining domestic reform and championing economic openness, putting on a brave face to counter the rising tide of protectionism started…
Trump making China great, by comparison
China, deliberately excluded from the 12-member club, saw it that way too. The official Xinhua news agency referred to the TPP as “the economic arm of the Obama administration’s geopolitical strategy to make sure Washington…
