The 10 million residents of Shijiazhuang in northern China have spent the winter choking on off-the-scale air pollution even worse than Beijing's. A growing number of citizens are starting to fight back with the help of smartphones and other techn...

Beijing continues to be inundated with smog as Chinese New Year approaches, and the fireworks that will be set off to mark the occasion will only make things worse. City officials are considering a ban on fireworks, but as state-run CCTV New repor...

In a country with rapid industrialization and heavy pollution, it should come as little surprise that cancer rates in China are on the rise. This report from state-run CCTV News also puts the blame on young people who are, "drinking, smoking, and ...

One man's bad air day can be another's business opportunity. Exploding concerns over China's ever-worsening air pollution have convinced millionaire Chinese businessman Chen Guangbiao to sell cans of fresh air, which he claims has been c...

Beijing's municipal government has told 103 high polluting factories in and around the city to either stop production or cut it considerably. They are also cutting the use of government vehicles by 30 percent. But as CCTV News reports, the factori...

Heavy smog is back in many of China's largest cities after a brief respite, and this time it is disrupting the Spring Festival travel rush. CCTV News reports on delays to plane and train systems due to poor air quality during the world's largest a...

A cold winter has forced China to burn billions of tons of coal, joining vehicle exhaust as the major contributors to the catastrophic smog hitting cities. CCTV News speaks with Yang Fuqiang of the Natural Resources Defense Council, who says that ...

Last week's pollution was considered the worst in Beijing's history, putting more pressure than ever on the government to revamp its environmental policies. LinkAsia speaks with Zhou Rong, an expert on climate and energy for Greenpeace China, abou...

China's worsening air pollution has mirrored the rise in car traffic and the cultural shift away from bicycles. But as contributor Mark Dreyer found, bikes are making a comeback in Beijing. Wealthy residents are avoiding heavy congestion on the ro...

As cars dominate the roads and smog clogs the air, wealthy Beijing residents are returning to what used to be people's only mode of transportation. As CCTV News reports, high-end bicycles are becoming the trendy way for Beijing residents to get ar...