When Beijingers need fresh air, they head for the Western Hills. It’s an easy journey, 55p by subway. From the station, I ...

China banned the burning of coal for heat around Beijing, but natural gas subsidies have run out, leaving many villagers ...

Beijing’s air pollution continued to get worse for some years after the games as China continued to industrialize, grow, and ...

In THE first decade of Xi Jinping’s rule, builders in China poured more concrete than America did in all of the 20th century. Urban areas expanded by 40%. No longer. In the past five years the ...

The emergence of Beijing as an imperial capital -- The Forbidden City and the Qing emperors -- Daily life in the inner and outer cities -- The city besieged and the last emperors -- "Old Beijing" and ...