Man to divorce wife due to smog
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A BEIJING man is seeking to divorce his wife after he sent his wife and son to a tropical island province to escape the capital’s notorious smog, saying the long-distance relationship has destroyed their marriage.
The man, identified only by his family name of Wang, married his wife in 2008 and had a son two years later, the Beijing Times said yesterday, in a story widely picked up by other Chinese media outlets online.
But their son developed serious health problems because of Beijing’s air pollution and he asked his wife to take the son to Hainan to escape the haze.
However, the wife did not like Hainan nor did she like living apart from him, and whenever the two of them met they fought, the report said.
Fed up with this, Wang has filed for divorce in a Beijing court, according to the newspaper.
“Smog ‘buried’ my son’s health, and it has ‘buried’ my marriage,” he was quoted as saying.
The divorce case is pending with the court, the report added. It did not say what his wife thought of the divorce proposal.
Years of unfettered economic growth have taken their toll on China’s environment and pollution is a major source of public dissatisfaction, especially smog in major cities.
The government has said tackling pollution is a top priority, but has made little impact on the smog that blights the lives of millions.
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