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Brr! It’s a wrap at China’s winter wonderland

By Adrienne Mong, NBC News Producer HARBIN, Heilongjiang Province, China – The first thing most passengers do in China when they get off a plane is head for the bathroom or light up a cigarette. In Harbin, they make for a row of booths labeled "Cloth... ...full story at NBC World Blog

from NBC World Blog on Tue, Jan 13 2009

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