Beijing raises 'red alert' threshold for air pollution warning
by Reuters from on (#14Q0V)
From March, China's capital will bring in new sliding scale for air quality, after issuing its first ever 'red alert' for the city in December
Beijing is to raise the thresholds for issuing its highest air pollution warnings, the state news agency Xinhua reported on Sunday, two months after acrid smog triggered the city's first ever "red alert".
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