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Poor air quality already in place in Beijing surged to hazardous levels on Monday as the worst sandstorm in a decade swept through the Chinese capital and turned the sky an ominous shade of yellow ...
China dust soars in the arid regions of mainland China and rides on the wind to descend to regions such as Japan. [1]Asian Dust (also yellow dust, yellow sand, yellow wind, kosa or China dust storms) is a meteorological phenomenon that affects much of East Asia year-round and especially during the spring months.
22 February – 2024 Lixinsha Bridge collapse: Five people are killed when a ship rams the Lixinsha Bridge in Guangzhou. [8] 24 February – 2024 Nanjing building fire: A fire at an apartment block in Nanjing kills 15 people. [9] 28 February – China urges the world's largest nuclear states to negotiate a 'no-first-use' treaty. [10]
The sandstorm was the biggest to hit China in a decade, causing pollution levels in some districts to rise to 160 times the recommended limit. [6] [4] It affected 12 provinces in China, including the Chinese capital Beijing which the storm hit on March 15. [4] Visibility in Beijing was lowered to less than 1,000 feet (300 m). [17]
Residents in Beijing awoke to a dystopian scene on Sunday as a sandstorm swept through the Chinese capital, turning the sky yellow and the sun a haunting shade of blue. This is the second ...
The ISEAS-Yusof Ishak think-tank's annual poll of Southeast Asian decision-makers in 2024 found that China for the first time had "edged past the U.S." as their preferred partner, a finding ...
The first day of spring 2010 brought a massive sandstorm blowing from Inner Mongolia. ... Beijing, which lies in a ... This page was last edited on 16 March 2024, ...
A sandstorm hits Longjing Township, Taichung County, in Taiwan on March 21, 2010.. The 2010 China drought and dust storms were a series of severe droughts during the spring of 2010 that affected Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi, Sichuan, Shanxi, Henan, Shaanxi, Chongqing, Hebei and Gansu in the People's Republic of China as well as parts of Southeast Asia including Vietnam and Thailand, and dust ...