BEIJING, March 20 (AFP) - Beijingers woke up today to find the Chinese capital covered in a film of yellow dust, as sandstorms caused by a severe drought in the north of the country and Mongolia swept ...

Primary sources of pollutants include exhaust emission from Beijing's more than five million motor vehicles, coal burning in neighbouring regions, dust storms from the north and local construction ...

Officials say they are using smart monitoring stations and satellite technology to strengthen real-time dust storm prediction and alerts. "While climate change influences year-to-year dust ...

- Cars drive along a highway shot through a glass window during a dust storm amid heavy pollution in Beijing, March 10, 2023. Almost the entire world breathes air ...

First, Inner Mongolia in China got affected by the dust storm, and then it was Beijing where a warning was issued to shut the windows and stay inside as dust reached the city after storming ...