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Looking out of the window of the bus I noticed there are many satellite dishes attached to the balconies of the big buildings. In Holland satellite dishes mostly imply that it’s an apartment occupied by immigrants who like to watch tv in their... ...full story at China Snippets

from China Snippets on Wed, Jan 24 2007

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