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Guomao Qiao during lunchtime.I'm standing at the light in the midst of a large crowd, bikes flowing in front and behind when a middle age woman comes steaming through, walks her bike right over my foot, and doesn't say anything. When I say something, she... ...full story at Modern Lei Feng

from Modern Lei Feng on Wed, Mar 04 2009

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