Blog Tag - Airpocalypse

Beijing Hits Five-Year Trend in Air Quality Improvement, According to IQAir Report
Once again Beijing showed a year-on-year improvement in air quality, according to the latest World Air Quality Report from IQAir. The annual report...
Enjoy Some Beijing Blue Skies Porn Now That We’ve Notched the Best Year on Record
As we roll into 2022 we’re proud to see that once again Beijing has set a new high water mark for clean air – the best year on record for all...
May Was the Best Month on Record for Beijing's Air
Look up into Beijing's sky recently and see something unusual? Yes, those are clouds against the backdrop of a blue, blue sky: puffy ones, streaky...
Despite the Occasional Airpocalypse, Beijing’s Air is on a Path to Steady Improvement
Yes, we get it, we’ve had a horrendous couple of weeks here in the capital, capping yesterday’s disastrously bad pollution that had air monitors...
The Numbers Are In: 2020 Was the Best Year on Record for Beijing Air
Okay, we can all agree that 2020 sucked in many ways. However, there is one way in which it definitively did not suck: and that is in terms of air...
Air-renaissance: Beijing Celebrates 2-1/2 Years Without a “Seriously Polluted” day
With Covid-19 inconveniencing our lives over the past ten months, it seems we whiny foreigners have forgotten to complain about the air. But a quick...
Beijing's Air Look Good So Far in 2019
With four months in the bag for 2019, Beijing is showing a marked improvement on air quality once again, the sixth consecutive year that the air...
DP Feb 2017's In The Bag: Is the Air Getting Better?
We're past the two-month mark for 2017. How are we doing on the government's pledge to improve the air this year? Not good. According to Ministry of...
R Smog Makes 70% of China Unhappy (The Other 30% Probably Own Coal Mines)
Seven out of 10 China residents are unhappy about smog and 71 percent claim to wear masks on smoggy days, a recent survey detailed in the Global...
Beijing's January Air Quality Plummets 52% Over the Start of Last Year
Now that January 2017 is in the bag, how’d we do on air quality? Not good. Beijing’s monthly average AQI index, as reported by the Ministry of...
R Waiting to Exhale: Beijing Restaurateurs Eagerly Welcome Back Patrons After an Airpocalyptically Quiet Week
Beijing’s restaurateurs are breathing sighs of relief in every sense of the word: Last week's record-breaking smog levels not only affected the...
It's Official: You've Just Lived Through the Worst Week of Bad Beijing Air in Recent Memory
Congratulations, contemporary Beijing residents: You now have new pollution bragging rights, as you have survived the worst week of air on record...
Believe it or Not: Beijing's Air Was Better Overall in 2016
It may seem hard to believe given we're in the midst of an ugly stretch of some of the worst air in recent memory, but Beijing’s air in 2016 was 8...
University to Students: If You Want to Use an Air Filter, Get a Doctor's Note
In the latest victory of bureaucracy over common sense, Beijing's Communication University has told students they need a doctor's note and a personal...
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,...