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A whistle in the park

A thousand people, young and old, play flute in a mass performance yesterday at Xujiahui Park as part of Shanghai's preparations for the week-long National Day holidays that begin on Monday. ...full story at china.org.cn

from china.org.cn on Thu, Sep 27 2007

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