Blog Tag - AQI

DP Cut a Rug, Hack a Lung: Why Beijing's Pollution Might Make Dancing Dangerous
Many Beijing pollution fighters have already read the article that ran in the The Guardian this week referencing a 2016 report on the effects of...
 Beijing Aims to Smash its 2013 Targets by Reducing Coal Burning by 30 Percent this Year
Beijing mayor Cai Qi has announced government plans to further reduce coal burning within the municipality by 30 percent this year. The plan hinges...
Beijing to Spend USD 2.6 Billion on Pollution Alleviation in 2017, but Sets Air Quality Goal at Twice WHO Standard
Beijing will spend RMB 18.2 billion (USD 2.6 billion) on pollution alleviation in 2017, although the municipal government has only set its PM2.5 air...
Should You Exercise When the AQI is High? Three Fitness Experts Weigh In
It’s just a couple of weeks into 2017, and many of us are still in the midst of trying to fulfill recently made New Year’s resolutions to get out and...
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...
Tech Check: We Can't Wait to Try This New High Tech Air Pollution Tracker
For those of us Beijingers who keep our eyes constantly glued to AQI apps and monitors, neurotically checking for updated readings to keep our...
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...
DP Beijingers Share their Red Alert Survival Tales
Like an apocalyptic disaster flick, the plot of 2016's red alert thickened as quickly as the smog it was designed to warn against. Among those most...
As if We Don't Have Enough to Worry About, Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Found in Beijing Air
As if we didn't already have enough to worry about when it comes Beijing's air, scientists have now discovered DNA that can lead to bacteria becoming...
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...
R1: Bei-cology: Can Beijing's New Water Cannons Super Soak the Skies Blue?
Beijing is aiming to super soak its way to clearer skies with pollution-fighting water cannons. As ridiculous as that sounds, it's actually a serious...
Tech Check: Is Your Air Purifer Among the 25 Percent Found to be Substandard?
Most of us Beijing dwellers have bought an air purifier ahead of the capital's smoggy winter season, and assumed that such a device would be enough...
Bei-cology: Our Sooty Urban Skies Could Be Cleared By Lifestyle Changes on the Outskirts
For most Beijingers, smog is seen as an urban issue, with many of us linking congested lungs and congested roadways as trademark features of our...
Mandarin Monday: Learn These 10 Pollution Related Chinese Phrases to Help Clear the Air
Mandarin Monday is a weekly column where – similar to our Mandarin Month series earlier this year – we help you improve your Chinese by detailing fun...
Crank that Filter to 11: Beijing's AQI Goes From Good To Troubling in 2016's Second Quarter
What began as a promising year has plummeted into a dismal repeat of 2015. Beijing's AQI levels were excellent this past January and even better in...