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Planes Grounded, Transport Hit As Smog Chokes China For Fifth Day
Heavy smog suffocated northeast China for a fifth day Tuesday, with hundreds of flights cancelled and road and rail transport grinding to a halt under the low visibility conditions.
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Plants Closed, Cars Stopped As China Faces Smog 'Red Alert'
Chinese cities are limiting the number of cars on roads and have temporarily shut down factories to cut down pollution during a national "red alert" for smog.
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Beijing Turns To 'Odd-Even' Scheme To Fight Heavy Smog
Bracing for heavy smog, Beijing city will implement the road rationing scheme "odd-even" from tonight and suspend schools bracing for heavy smog after the Chinese capital issued its first red alert for air pollution this year.
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China Wants 23 Northern Cities Put On Red Alert For Smog
Environmental authorities in China have advised 23 northern cities to issue red alerts, the highest possible air pollution warning, on Friday evening, against the "worst" smog the country has experienced since autumn, state media said.
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Beijing Issues Red Alert For Severe Air Pollution
Beijing issued its first air pollution red alert for 2016 Thursday, as choking smog is expected to cover the city and surrounding areas in north China during the next five days.
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10 Chinese Cities Issue Pollution Red Alert: Reports
More than 100 million people in China have been warned to stay indoors after at least 10 Chinese cities issued red alerts for smog, state media reported today.
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50 Chinese Cities Issue Heavy Smog Alert
China's pollution woes today worsened as 50 cities issued air pollution alerts, including the five on first-ever red alerts, the most serious level, for heavily polluted smog.
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Thousands Of Plants Cut Production As Beijing Smog Persists
Beijing has ordered 2,100 factories to suspend or reduce production as part of its "red alert" measures to deal with smog, the government said Monday, as the city remained shrouded under toxic haze for the third consecutive day.
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Beijing On Pollution 'Red Alert', But Smog Not As Severe As Forecast
China's capital Beijing was bracing for four days of choking smog starting Saturday, but residents said the haze was less severe than forecast, with some questioning why the government had issued its highest air pollution alert.
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Beijing Issues Second Ever 'Red Alert' For Severe Smog
China's capital city issued a "red alert" for pollution on Friday, hard on the heels of its first-ever such warning earlier this month, as the Beijing leadership vows to crack down on often hazardous levels of smog.
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Beijing's First Ever Red Alert Expires Today
Beijing's first ever red alert for smog expired today, as blue skies and sunshine replaced the thick haze that covered the city for days.
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Smog Measures Cut Beijing's Pollution By 30 Per Cent: China
China's environment ministry said pollutants were reduced by a third in Beijing during this week's temporary restrictions to reduce heavy smog, which included taking half the city's cars off the roads.
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In Smog-Choked China, Drivers Check Out Electric Cars
The heavy smog shrouding Beijing is proving to be a boon for China's nascent electric car market, with some dealers saying inquiries about all-electric models are up by almost a tenth.
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6 Killed In Massive Vehicle Pileup In China Due To Heavy Smog
At least six people were killed and four others injured today in a 33-vehicle pileup at a highway in north China due to poor visibility caused by heavy smog, a day when Beijing enforced the first-ever red alert for pollution.
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Beijing's Red Alert For Smog Rekindles Anger And Confusion
Families in Beijing waited anxiously on Monday evening to hear whether schools would shut the next day, posing sudden child-care challenges, after the city issued its first-ever red alert for heavy smog about 6:30 p.m., advising school closures in an effort to protect students' health and reduce traffic on the roads, among other measures.
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Planes Grounded, Transport Hit As Smog Chokes China For Fifth Day
Heavy smog suffocated northeast China for a fifth day Tuesday, with hundreds of flights cancelled and road and rail transport grinding to a halt under the low visibility conditions.
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Plants Closed, Cars Stopped As China Faces Smog 'Red Alert'
Chinese cities are limiting the number of cars on roads and have temporarily shut down factories to cut down pollution during a national "red alert" for smog.
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Beijing Turns To 'Odd-Even' Scheme To Fight Heavy Smog
Bracing for heavy smog, Beijing city will implement the road rationing scheme "odd-even" from tonight and suspend schools bracing for heavy smog after the Chinese capital issued its first red alert for air pollution this year.
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China Wants 23 Northern Cities Put On Red Alert For Smog
Environmental authorities in China have advised 23 northern cities to issue red alerts, the highest possible air pollution warning, on Friday evening, against the "worst" smog the country has experienced since autumn, state media said.
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Beijing Issues Red Alert For Severe Air Pollution
Beijing issued its first air pollution red alert for 2016 Thursday, as choking smog is expected to cover the city and surrounding areas in north China during the next five days.
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10 Chinese Cities Issue Pollution Red Alert: Reports
More than 100 million people in China have been warned to stay indoors after at least 10 Chinese cities issued red alerts for smog, state media reported today.
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50 Chinese Cities Issue Heavy Smog Alert
China's pollution woes today worsened as 50 cities issued air pollution alerts, including the five on first-ever red alerts, the most serious level, for heavily polluted smog.
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Thousands Of Plants Cut Production As Beijing Smog Persists
Beijing has ordered 2,100 factories to suspend or reduce production as part of its "red alert" measures to deal with smog, the government said Monday, as the city remained shrouded under toxic haze for the third consecutive day.
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Beijing On Pollution 'Red Alert', But Smog Not As Severe As Forecast
China's capital Beijing was bracing for four days of choking smog starting Saturday, but residents said the haze was less severe than forecast, with some questioning why the government had issued its highest air pollution alert.
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Beijing Issues Second Ever 'Red Alert' For Severe Smog
China's capital city issued a "red alert" for pollution on Friday, hard on the heels of its first-ever such warning earlier this month, as the Beijing leadership vows to crack down on often hazardous levels of smog.
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Beijing's First Ever Red Alert Expires Today
Beijing's first ever red alert for smog expired today, as blue skies and sunshine replaced the thick haze that covered the city for days.
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Smog Measures Cut Beijing's Pollution By 30 Per Cent: China
China's environment ministry said pollutants were reduced by a third in Beijing during this week's temporary restrictions to reduce heavy smog, which included taking half the city's cars off the roads.
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In Smog-Choked China, Drivers Check Out Electric Cars
The heavy smog shrouding Beijing is proving to be a boon for China's nascent electric car market, with some dealers saying inquiries about all-electric models are up by almost a tenth.
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6 Killed In Massive Vehicle Pileup In China Due To Heavy Smog
At least six people were killed and four others injured today in a 33-vehicle pileup at a highway in north China due to poor visibility caused by heavy smog, a day when Beijing enforced the first-ever red alert for pollution.
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Beijing's Red Alert For Smog Rekindles Anger And Confusion
Families in Beijing waited anxiously on Monday evening to hear whether schools would shut the next day, posing sudden child-care challenges, after the city issued its first-ever red alert for heavy smog about 6:30 p.m., advising school closures in an effort to protect students' health and reduce traffic on the roads, among other measures.
