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  Peking University wants to build the largest optical telescope in Asia and close the gap in astronomy capabilities with the rest of the world.
  The telescope "Will greatly improve China's observation capabilities in optical astronomy," according to a Peking University statement.
  Peking University notes that astronomy plays an important part in technology and social development, and that the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to scientists who discovered the black hole at the center of the Milky Way using powerful optical telescopes including the twin Keck telescopes atop Mauna Kea and the Very Large Telescope in Chile's Atacama Desert.
  
  
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  Going to be tough seeing anything through the smog!