Beijing issued a red alert for air pollution that took effect at 7 am on Tuesday and will remain in force until noon on Thursday. The Beijing Environmental Protection Bureau and the Beijing Environment Monitoring Center have answered some of the public's questions.
The hazy capital has reinforced response measures and inspections after it issued the highest-level air pollution alert for the first time because of the heavy smog.
After the red alert was issued yesterday, the company issued us breathing masks and protective cream. But the working hours haven't changed much. We still have to work from 7 am to 9 pm.
Scientists from innovative enterprises have been awarded the highest honor of the Chinese science community, representing new research directions in 3D printing, big data and next-generation Internet.
Chinese workers, sometimes viewed as busy bees, are attaching more importance to balancing employment with life outside the workplace, a recent survey showed.
Several employees of rural credit cooperatives in Shandong province have been placed under investigation by local police on suspicion of forging deposit vouchers amounting to 150 million yuan ($23.4 million), media reported on Monday.
Since China opened its doors to the overseas adoption of Chinese children in 1992, about 100,000 children have been taken in by US families.
Police lay in wait in thick grass for more than 30 hours before raiding a secret drug lab in a forested area of Ruyuan county, Guangdong province, late last month.
To combat the illegal trade in African wildlife in China, especially in ivory, basketball player Yao Ming visited Kenya in 2012, while actress Li Bingbing traveled to the country in 2013.
As a journalist, I always try to keep an emotional distance with my sources and interviewees. During my recent trip to Kenya with members of the International Fund for Animal Welfare's China-Africa Wildlife Ambassadors initiative, I found maintaining that distance was difficult at times, especially because my focus was not on humans, but an amazing animal - the African elephant.
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