Blog Tag - Air Pollution

We Actually Live in 'Blade Runner 2049' (It Has Got Nothing on Beijing 2017)
The first official teaser trailer for Blade Runner 2049 has been released, and has us all wondering if we might actually somehow already be living in...
Orange Pollution Warning in Place From Dec 30 Until Jan 1
We just can't face showing you another bad air photograph. Also, we think we've used them all. Starting tonight at midnight (December 30), an orange...
Beicology: Capital Makes Smoggy Old Cars Come to a Screeching Halt
As part of its continuing efforts to clear Beijing's notoriously smoggy skies, the capital's environmental protection bureau has deemed old, exhaust...
Your Soundtrack to a Beijing Red Alert (and a Playlist for a Beautiful Day Like Today)
Trust the Chinese internet to come up with a smog song. Adapted from 'Juanzhulian,' which was originally sang and composed by Huo Zun for the popular...
Smoggy AF: Your Complete Guide to Pollution in Beijing
Whether you're visiting Beijing, moving to Beijing, or already living here, everyone is equally affected by the frequent changes in air quality, and...
idMASK Announces New Kids Masks
Every year ladies from my community pile up in a van to travel all the way to Shunyi to search out Christmas gifts and deals at WAB and BCIS Charity...
A Vintage Whine: Beijing's Bad Air Days
Beijing has always had its environmental challenges. Wedged against the mountains at the top of the North China plain, the city's position owes more...
Man the Lifeboats! Batten Down the Hatches! Red Alert Declared for Beijing's Air Dec 20
Fresh on the heels of last week's false alarm comes another whopper: We're in for a red alert for bad air beginning at 8pm tomorrow (Friday) night,...
Chinese News Puts Red Alert for Dec 9-12 Down as Rumor, Air Quality Fine Next Week
You think it's hard to guess whether tomorrow – or even this afternoon – will be polluted or not? Seems that's the case with the Beijing...
Beicology: We Can't Stop Staring at this Mesmerizing Visualization of Air Pollution
Smog. Yuck. That grey, gritty, horizon filling mass of gunk couldn't be uglier, right? Well, despite our preconceptions about pollution, one Beijing...
Changes to Beijing’s Emergency Air Pollution Response System Due Dec 15
Adjustments to Beijing's four-tiered emergency air pollution warning system take effect December 15, raising the threshold of the most dire alert but...
Smoggy Setback: Pollution-Busting Tower Falls Short of Promise
Well, so much for the supposed "smog free tower." Though it was billed as a way to effectively filter pollutants from Beijing's air, Dutch designer...
Beijing Winter Essentials: Survival Items to Kick Mother Nature’s Frigid and Merciless Arse
Winter is rarely a time to relish in Beijing – hellish smog, freezing temperatures, and globules of frozen spit aren’t usually present in Santa’s...
Does Your Favorite Beijing F&B Establishment Filter Its Air?
[Updated Dec 20, 10am] It's pretty grey outside, and looks like most coal-heavy winters, it's likely to stay that way. Some people appear never to be...
This Week's Beijing Weather Forecast: Smog
After a pleasant Sunday, smog returns to Beijing and its weather forecast, just in time for the rest of the week. Beijing and southern Hebei province...