Seeking to reduce air pollution, Beijing municipal's government has decided to cut coal consumption to 15 million metric tons by 2015, from 23.3 million tons in 2012, and to less than 10 million tons by 2017.
China's total energy consumption, measured in tons of coal, was 3.62 billion metric tons in 2012, rising from 1.7 billion tons in 2003. Meanwhile, non-fossil energy accounted for 9.6 percent of total primary energy consumption and will grow to 15 percent by 2020, according to the National Energy Administration.
China will reduce its consumption of coal and gradually increase the use of natural gas during the next few years, according to the Airborne Pollution Prevention and Control Action Plan (2013-17), which was released by the State Council on Thursday.
When Erjet, the goalkeeper for the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region's under-20 soccer team, buried his face in the grass and wept, the crowd in Shenyang Tiexi Stadium gave him an ovation fit for a hero.
Improving public participation in sports is more important to the youth development of China's "big three" ball games than medals, according to coaches and experts.
'Sometimes, I believe everything comes with an expiration date and no relationship can be immortal" is a lyric from a love song by Faye Wong, the Chinese pop diva, who announced the end of her second marriage on Friday.
The crazed way in which reporters chased Faye Wong's car on the night the singer announced her divorce has reminded the public of the tragedy of Princess Diana and prompted a heated discussion about media ethics.
Faye Wong is probably the most popular female Chinese pop singer of the past two decades, often simply referred to as "The Diva" by the media and her fans. She featured alongside seven other world-famous female pop singers, including Celine Dion and Maria Carey, in a Time magazine cover story, "The Divas of Pop", in October 1996.
The toughest-ever measures to tackle China's worsening air pollution have been announced by the government.
The action plan aims to reduce total emissions of pollutants of all kinds, not just in quantity, but also concentration.
Unseasonable weather swept over Beijing during the summer, covering the capital in smog and haze for 18 days during June and resulting in the highest number of high-pollution days in the month for 50 years, according to the China Meteorological Administration.
As a part of the whole ecosystem, it may be hard to improve air quality separately, so measures such as planting more trees may also be required to solve the pollution. Residents should also take responsibility by doing something basic, like garbage classification and driving less.
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