Sources: BBC
Shanghai declares "victory" over COVID-19 and Beijing announces the reopening of primary and secondary schools following a decrease in the number of cases. 2022-06-25
The European Commission announces its intention to bring the government of Portugal to the European Court of Justice over persistent violations of Directive 2008-50-EC, which limits the amount of certain emissions a country can produce in order to regulate air pollution. 2021-11-12
China's "two sessions" - the annual meetings of the national legislature and the top political advisory body - opens in Beijing; major announcements include an 8% rise in its military budget and a GDP growth target of around 6.5%. 2018-03-5
Former "Peking University prodigy" Li Shulei is named the Secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission of the municipality of Beijing. 2016-01-4
The capitals of the world’s two most populous nations, China and India, are blanketed in hazardous, choking smog. Beijing, on the second-highest pollution alert, is closing highways, halting or suspending construction while warning residents to stay indoors. The U.S. New Delhi embassy’s monitoring station recorded an air quality index of 372, putting air pollution levels into “hazardous” territory. No action by the New Delhi government. 2015-11-30
2013 Southeast Asian haze: Haze from Indonesian forest fires in Sumatra increase air pollution in Singapore and Malaysia to hazardous levels. 2013-06-20
2011 Chinese protests:Police in China show up in force in several cities after a call for a "Jasmine Revolution", and disperse protesters in Beijing and Shanghai. 2011-02-20
Beijing authorities begin to gate and lock some lower-income villages, imposing curfews in order to control the flow of migrant workers. 2010-07-14
The second round of the U.S.–China Strategic and Economic Dialogue begins in Beijing, China. 2010-05-24