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World’s Highest Swing in Haerbin

A swing has been set on a 700ft high viewing platform on the TV tower in Harbin city, Heilongjiang province. That tower is known to be the world’s second-highest steel tower, after the Kiev tower in Ukraine. The name of the swing is “Game for... ...full story at Today in China

from Today in China on Sun, May 13 2007

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