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Beijing Subway Development
2014-03-06 01:00:00| Railway Technology
Beijing's metro was approved in 1965 and had a first line of 24km, primarily motivated by military considerations. It was the first line in China and opened on 1 October 1969.
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Beijing to Officials: Please, No Smartphones During Session
2014-03-05 19:25:38| TechNewsWorld
Officials partaking in China's National People's Congress, which began Wednesday, have been asked to please not mess around on their mobile devices during the session. A state-owned newspaper published a list of rules for attendees, including this one: "Do not use your phones to send text messages or make phone calls during meeting; do not use your computer or phone to play games."
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China: Beijing suffers under smog for seventh day
2014-02-26 11:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Beijing's official smog reading for PM 2.5 - small airborne particles which easily penetrate the lungs and have been linked to hundreds of thousands of premature deaths - stood at 501 micrograms per cubic metre on Wednesday afternoon. The World Health Organisation's recommended safe limit is 25. An alternative measure by the US embassy in Beijing said PM 2.5 levels were at 542 in the city. The capital was on its sixth day of an "orange" smog alert - the second-highest on the scale - with the air...
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Beijing issues first orange pollution warning amid smog crisis
2014-02-22 11:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Beijing has issued a three-day emergency pollution alert, warning residents to keep outdoor activities to a minimum and ordering some industries to limit production. The Chinese capital issued its first ever orange alert the second most severe ranking out of four in a recently introduced pollution monitoring plan on Thursday. The move followed the detection of the particulate matter PM2.5 at a concentration of 237 micrograms per cubic metre nine times the levels recommended as being safe...
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Beijing Raises Pollution Alert as Smog Smothers Capital
2014-02-22 11:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: Beijing raised its pollution alert a notch higher Friday, in a bid to improve air quality levels. The capital issued a rare "orange" alert, the second-highest level possible. The Chinese capital expects heavy smog to linger in the city for the next three days. Young children and the elderly have been asked to stay indoors. Beijing currently has a four-tier alert system, which uses blue, yellow, orange and red to indicate the levels of air pollution, according to Xinhua's earlier report. The...
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