Northern Chinese District Blocks All Coal and Wood Burning Ahead of Olympics

Northern Chinese District Blocks All Coal and Wood Burning Ahead of Olympics
Workers sort coal near a coal mine in Datong, China's northern Shanxi Province on Nov. 3, 2021. Noel Celis/AFP via Getty Images
Frank Yue
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Officials in a northern Chinese district banned residents from burning coal or wood for heating—even if it was well below the freezing point—ahead of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games.

The northern district of Shanhaiguan in Qinhuangdao city, Hebei Province, took extreme measures to fight smog, including forcibly closing or dismantling household stoves, reported state media outlets on Dec. 20.

Frank Yue
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Frank Yue is a Canada-based journalist for The Epoch Times who covers China-related news. He also holds an M.A. in English language and literature from Tianjin Foreign Studies University, China.
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