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Gloria Chan

A leading Chinese media scholar currently living and working in Beijing has decided to move to southern China away from the “suffocating” smog in the country’s capital, mainland media reports.
Yu Guoming, associate dean of journalism at the Renmin University in Beijing, who has taught at the university for 37 years, will soon take up a post at Jinan University in Guangzhou, Southern Metropolis News reported on Tuesday.
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Yu confirmed speculation concerning his move on his weibo social media account on Monday.
In the post, Yu wrote: “People keep on asking me: is it true?
“My answer is: Yes it is true. Then they ask: Why? My answer is: Beijing’s smog.”
The post ended with a smiley face emoticon.
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On Christmas Day 2015, Yu published a post on his weibo account, entitled “Farewell 2015, farewell capital”, which showed his desire to move from Beijing.
“Different kinds of smog suffocate [me] and [make me feel] helpless,” he wrote. “Looks like it is time to leave.”
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Different kinds of smog suffocate [me] and [make me feel] helpless. Looks like it is time to leave
Yu Guoming, Beijing scholar
In a separate report in The Beijing News, published on Tuesday morning, Yu said the reason for moving was “entirely personal ... unrelated with any other issues happening in society.”
He then said that there was no other reason apart from Beijing’s smog.
Yu’s main research areas in recent years have included big data – large data sets that may be analysed using computers to reveal patterns and trends, particularly relating to human behaviour and interactions – and public opinion monitoring over the internet.


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Yu Guoming says he is leaving Beijing and moving to Guangzhou to escape the capital’s ‘suffocating’ smog. Photo: Renmin.net

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A boy plays soccer in an open area. The weather in Beijing became clean and blue after a couple smog days on Dec. 10, 2015. The city's first air pollution Red Alert ended at noon. 10DEC15 === SCMP/Simon Song ===

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(151229) -- BEIJING, Dec. 29, 2015 (Xinhua) -- Motorcars run amid heavy smog in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 29, 2015. Smoggy days are expected to linger to Dec. 30 in north China. North China has been bothered by heavy pollution since the winter came. (Xinhua/Yin Gang) (lfj)

(141025) -- TIANJIN, Oct. 25, 2014 (Xinhua) -- A woman wearing mask rides in smog-shrouded Tianjin, north China, Oct. 25, 2014. (Xinhua/Yue Yuewei) (ry)

(140224) -- TIANJIN, Feb. 24, 2014 (Xinhua) -- An electronic board reminds drivers of driving according to the last digit of their vehicle license plate numbers, on an expressway in Tianjin, north China, Feb. 24, 2014. Serious air pollution has forced the Tianjin municipal government to cut traffic in the urban areas on the basis of the last digit of vehicle license plate numbers from Feb. 24, when many other parts of China were also hit by heavy smog. (Xinhua/Yue Yuewei) (lfj)

Heavy smog seen from a highway in Beijing, northern China. Photo: Xinhua

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