Blog Tag - red alert

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...
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...
Zuckerberg Shows How Much He Loves China By Running in AQI 337 Air Without a Mask
How far would you go to curry favor with China? How about running through Tiananmen Square without a mask in this morning's thick-as-pea-soup AQI 337...
Beijing, Five Area Cities Join In for Trial Adjustment of Air Quality Warning System
Five surrounding cities will join Beijing in a trial adjustment of the Air Quality Warning System that resulted in the declaration of two Red Alerts...
Beijing May Impose Winter Auto Restrictions, But Why Now?
News reports over the weekend indicated that Beijing is still considering automobile restrictions using the odd-even license plate system, on which...
New Air Filtration Device a Nice Try, But Needs Work to be a Real Game-Changer
Ever since first advocating the use of 3M masks while exercising in Beijing, I’ve been a bit of a fetishist for the perfect personal anti-pollution...
This New Air Mask Really Blows (Filtered Air into Your Lungs)
Breathing masks are a necessity for Beijingers that prefer to avoid a gruesome pollution-induced death at an early age. However, even the most robust...
Observations on the Midway Point of Beijing's First-Ever Red Alert
We’re at the midpoint of Beijing’s first-ever red alert over bad air, and things are going as swimmingly as they could be given that we’re dealing...
World Health Organization Applauds Beijing's Red Alert
The World Health Organization's (WHO) office in Beijing announced Tuesday its support of the Beijing Municipal Government's decision to issue its...
Smog Days: Beijing International School Closures and Updates
In an unprecedented move, a number of schools from Beiing’s international school community were closed today. The decision came late yesterday...