Athletes from around the world -- representing the pinnacle of physical skill and conditioning -- will be converging in Beijing next month for the 2008 Olympic Games -- pushing the limits of their ...

Beijing will implement a series of temporary measures to stop construction and close heavy industries, all aimed at cleaning the city's notoriously polluted air when the Olympics begin in four months.

They also pledged to clean up the notorious pollution smothering the city and meet the World Health Organization’s average ambient-air-quality standards. By 2008, the city would have blue skies ...

Babies in Beijing were born heavier when China enacted strict air pollution guidelines during the 2008 Olympic and Paralympic Games, according to a new study.

BEIJING — With the start of the 2008 Olympics exactly two years away, the Chinese government is increasingly focusing on the one thing most likely to spoil its best-laid plans for smooth Games ...

Beijing To Cut Back on Industry To Clean Air for Olympics. This article is from the archive of The New York Sun before the launch of its new website in 2022. The Sun has neither altered nor updated ...

Chinese meteorologists said Wednesday they are drawing up plans to force rain ahead of the 2008 Beijing Olympics because past weather patterns indicate a high likelihood that showers could mar the ...

China reputedly spent $10 billion to improve the air quality in its capital for the Olympic games. Money well spent? Like the skies in Beijing right now, that's not so clear. Beijing is typically ...

Beijing Promises Clean Air for 2022 Winter Olympics -- On the Scene ... "For many years we haven’t changed the logos of the 2008 Olympic Games in this building," he said.

A Breath of Fresh Air? China Got Blue Skies for Olympics, But Still a Ways to Go After pollution hit record levels in 2013 and became a source of international attention and widespread public ...