Can I wear white in Beijing China?

Don’t wear white out into the city. The place IS pretty smoggy and I wouldn’t doubt that it would ruin your clothes. Try wearing a darker color or just wear a light jacket over your white clothing.

If the air quality will damage you clothes, then think what it might do to your lungs. Don’t stay too long.

And you shouldn’t wear white until after Memorial Day…or is that just for shoes?

I’ve never been to Beijing, but generally white is not worn in big, densely populated, metropolitan cities. If it rains, even worse.

Does wearing dark(er) clothes prevents from them getting dirty?
I would think that both white (light) and dark clothes got smelly/smudgy/dirty when in a smoggy place.
Wear whatever you feel like, i would say, and wash your clothes afterwards, be they white or dark.

Lighter colors tend to get dirtier looking. As for the smell and dirt, you can’t really stop it.

Also of note that wearing white clothing is a symbol of mourning in Chinese and other asian cultures.