How bad is the air in Beijing? It’s downright awful. Beijing’s thick, nasty combination of carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, and assorted particulate matter is 40 times worse ...

There has been extensive debate about the impact of air pollution before Olympic games 2008 in Beijing and its influence on health and/or performance of athletes. BOCOG and Chinese authorities give ...

Beijing’s Pollution a Contentious Foe for Olympic Athletes Despite efforts to curb China's air pollution, a thick haze swept over Beijing Monday, just days before the Olympic Games begin.

One of Beijing's problems for next year's Summer Olympic Games is the high levels of pollution. The levels are so alarming that the International Olympic Commitee has raised some concerns about ...

The city of Beijing has drawn widely-publicized controversy due to its poor air-quality leading up to the 2008 Summer Olympic games. In fact, the air pollution is at least two to three times ...

The Bird's Nest stadium where the Olympics were held is one of Beijing's most famous buildings Ten years ago this week, the Beijing Olympic Games drummed themselves onto television screens across ...

The U.S. Congress had passed a resolution against the holding of the Olympics in Beijing. So had the European Parliament. These moves irked the IOC. Its then-president, Juan Antonio Samaranch ...

The Winter Olympics are going ahead despite travel in and out of China being severely restricted since the pandemic began. Those travelling to Beijing for the games must come on charter flights ...