References to "feed people with smog" have become popular on Weibo and is a sarcastic play on the expression "serve the people" as the two have a similar pronunciation.
Another, Justop88, said: "Too horrible, it's like the end of the world in American movies."
China's smog has already been widely linked to respiratory illnesses and according to the state news agency Xinhua, medical experts warned that there will be an increase in the number of people needing treatment after the high levels in Harbin.
"The impact of air pollution on people will be gradual. There won't be a sudden outbreak of symptoms, but normally three to five days after the smoggy weather occurs, there is a peak in the number of people seeing doctors," Deng Ying, a doctor at the Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University was quoted as saying.
Earlier this year it was announced that cancer is the leading cause of death in the capital Beijing. While in Shanghai it was reported that the number of cases of tumors had risen. According to figures from the Health and Family Planning Commission 36,000 people in the city die of cancer a year.
But it is not just China's big cities that are affected by pollution-linked health problems. Earlier this year a report by the Ministry of Environmental Protection linked pollution in rivers to cancer in some villages located close to factories or heavy industry. These are often referred to as 'cancer villages' and it is thought this is the first time they had been officially recognised.
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