Commute chokes as thick fog falls on city

Traffic to be affected due to bad weather next week as cold snap arrives

The first fog of the Year of the Tiger descended upon Beijing yesterday, causing traffic delays and poor air quality.

The fog hit the city during morning rush hour, reducing visibility to less than one kilometer on the east side and leaving the scene not much better throughout the rest of the city, said Liao Xiaonong, the chief weather forecaster from the Beijing meteorological bureau.