This winter, many cities on the Chinese mainland, especially in the North, have encountered heavy smog, but the air in a few cities is relatively cleaner. The Ministry of Environmental Protection's November air quality rankings for 74 major cities list as the top 10:
The mid-morning grey weather that enveloped Nairobi's Kibera slums on Thursday enticed Kevin Ombati and his four comrades to converge by the roadside and engage in a hearty conversation.
China welcomed more foreign tourists in 2015 and more of them preferred to travel around China by train.
Hebei will continue to curb the development of highly polluting industries such as steel and cement to achieve by 2020 a 40 percent reduction in PM2.5 concentration from the 2013 levels.
Officials taking measures to address shortage of storage facilities for record amount of grain
Radioactive material in emissions from coal burning does not significantly affect smog, authorities said on Thursday.
The Chinese stock market suffered the second dramatic fall within a week on Thursday, placing regulators in a difficult position as analysts warned that any government intervention to contain the market meltdown could run the risk of backfiring.
Beijing said on Thursday that it had "maximized its efforts" in addressing the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue, dismissing accusations that it had not done enough.
The national environmental watchdog told the Beijing municipal government on Thursday that it could do better the next time it declared a smog alert.
China will have 500 giant pandas in captivity by 2020, said China's wildlife watchdog.
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