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Caught in action: Haibao promotes subway etiquette

We don't know how long our city's mascot has been on the subway etiquette beat, but we were absolutely delighted to catch him at the People's Square station this afternoon, waving to people as two Expo volunteers reminded everyone that, on the escalator,... ...full story at Shanghaiist

from Shanghaiist on Wed, Oct 28 2009

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