8 Dec 2015

First ever "red alert" for pollution in Beijing

From Checkpoint, 6:35 pm on 8 December 2015

Beijing has issued its first ever "red alert" for pollution, with authorities in the Chinese capital ordering half the citys cars of the road and advising schools to shut.

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