--- description: See Chinese New Year unfold from the sky. title: Watch Hundreds of Fireworks Explode Over Beijing From the Air image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Tech](/tag/time-section-tech/) ## Tech Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Hundreds of Fireworks Explode Over Beijing From the Air  by [Jack Linshi](/author/jack-linshi/)  ## Jack Linshi Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 25, 2015 2:57 PM CUT  by [Jack Linshi](/author/jack-linshi/)  ## Jack Linshi Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 25, 2015 2:57 PM CUT A passenger flying into Beijing at midnight on Chinese New Year recorded the fireworks exploding all across the city—a spectacle that puts 4th of July to shame. Though China has been toughening regulations on fireworks due to air pollution—Beijing’s smog has already reached [hazardous levels](http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-30826128 "undefined")—it’s clear that they haven’t stopped these traditional celebrations. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3721896/beijing-fireworks-chinese-new-year/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3721896/beijing-fireworks-chinese-new-year/"},"headline":"Watch Hundreds of Fireworks Explode Over Beijing From the Air","datePublished":"2015-02-25T14:57:13.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:04:30.120Z","description":"See Chinese New Year unfold from the sky","url":"https://time.com/3721896/beijing-fireworks-chinese-new-year/","keywords":["Tech","China","Web"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jack Linshi","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/jack-linshi/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3721896/beijing-fireworks-chinese-new-year/","name":"Watch Hundreds of Fireworks Explode Over Beijing From the Air"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"U.S., China Come To Terms On Historic Climate Change Deal","description":"President Obama and President Xi Jinping finished up the deal Wednesday near the end of the trade summit in Beijing.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/Zo1OX87z/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-11-12T15:07:12.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/Zo1OX87z.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3721896/beijing-fireworks-chinese-new-year/","duration":"PT1M35S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3721896/beijing-fireworks-chinese-new-year/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```