'Smog buried my marriage': Beijing man divorces wife because of pollution


Love and smog have become enemies in Beijing, and it seems that the smog is winning the battle, as a Beijing man filed for divorce from his wife citing the city's notorious smog problem as the cause.

What’s smog got to do with it? A Beijing man says it drove his wife and son away, literally – and now, because of it, he’s filing for divorce.

Look out, married couples! A new cause for the dreaded ‘conscious uncoupling’ syndrome has just been added to the long list by a man in Beijing who is saying he’s divorcing his wife because of the city’s notorious smog problem.

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