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Lovers commit suicide at Xujiahui's Grand Gateway

These four pictures (more after the jump) have been circulating around on the Internet like wild fire over the last two days. They are supposedly of a couple who committed suicide together at the Grand Gateway (港汇广场) at Xujiahui on Wednesday, 7 ... ...full story at Shanghaiist

from Shanghaiist on Sat, May 10 2008

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