Another H7N9 patient died in east China on Monday, bringing the nationwide death toll to 14... Three new cases were also reported in east China.
A seven-year-old girl in Beijing has become infected with the H7N9 bird flu strain, the first such case in the Chinese capital, local health authorities said Saturday.
A month of heated debate, guesswork and worrying has ultimately come to an end with cities across China confirming details of planned property curbs that have loomed large over the market.
Heavy smog that has choked Beijing for the last five days weakened slightly on Thursday due to a light rainfall, although the capital's air remains heavily polluted.
Thirty percent of official cars in Beijing should not be used when there is "extremely bad" pollution, traffic authorities confirmed Tuesday.
Beijing says the latest meeting with a senior Japanese leader, in a bid to mend the tense ties between two countries on the territorial dispute, was helpful.
Beijing will strengthen its efforts to treat PM2.5 and slash the density of major air pollutants by 2 percent this year, the municipality's acting mayor said Tuesday.
A new outbreak of the H1N1 flu virus - otherwise known as 'swine flu' has been reported in Beijing, killing two women in the past 10 days.
Beijingers on Wednesday saw their first sunshine in seven days, with a cold front dispersing the lingering smog in the city. But while blue skies have returned, the capital's air pollution remains heavy on Wednesday, with PM 2.5 readings still at levels deemed "very unhealthy" by the U.S. Embassy in Beijing.
Beijing continued to issue the highest alert for smog on Monday, as the city's air quality hovered at levels deemed "fatal" to breathe by the World Health Organization, with PMI readings forty times above safe levels...Undermine government ambitions to make China a beautiful country for residents.
Heavy fog continued to shroud the country's north, central and eastern regions on Sunday. China's meteorological authority issued a yellow alert.
Choked in dense smog for three consecutive days, Beijing started emergency response measures on Sunday to curb the hazardous air pollution.
To curb the air pollution at hazardous levels, Beijing started emergency response measures on Sunday.
Geological experts say a fatal landslide in southwest China was partly caused by an earthquake which hit the region four months ago. As many as 46 people have been killed in the latest disaster.
Dense smog continues to shroud the Chinese capital Beijing. Environmental authorities say pollution is at dangerous levels and residents are advised to stay indoors.
Travelers from 45 countries can now benefit from a 72-hour visa-free stay policy in Beijing and Shanghai, a move that could attract more transit visitors.
China put the 2,298-km Beijing-Guangzhou high-speed railway, the world's longest, into a test operation on Saturday. According to official announcement, the Beijing-Guangzhou high-speed railway will open on Dec. 26 and is expected to cut the travel time to about 8 hours from the current 20-odd hours by traditional lines.