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The last Chinese man to visit the South Pole?

Um, probably not. But just as word spread that Chinese tourists were being told to steer clear of the South Pole, we received an email ... about a Chinese man who was almost at the South Pole. We'll give him the benefit of the doubt and assume he doesn't... ...full story at Shanghaiist

from Shanghaiist on Tue, Jan 23 2007

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