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Public Pajamas Persist in Shanghai

Government memo to pajama-wearing Shanghainese, whether shopping, gossiping, playing mahjong or walking dogs in their sleepwear: Get dressed. ...full story at China Journal

from China Journal on Thu, Oct 29 2009

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