Giant rubber ducky’s not-so-lucky ending
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A deflated Rubber Duck by Dutch conceptual artist Florentijn Hofman floats on Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour, with the island skyline looming at the background, May 14. The 16.5-meter-high inflatable sculpture, which made its first public appearance in the territory on May 2, will be shown at the Ocean Terminal for a month.
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The world is its bathtub: Giant rubber duckie continues international tour
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A giant rubber duck created by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman is towed along Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbor on May 2, 2013. “Rubber Duck,” which is 54 feet high, will be in Hong Kong until June 9. Since 2007, the duck has traveled to 10 countries and 12 cities.
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Rescuers struggle to reach China quake zone after hundreds killed, thousands injured
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LUSHAN, China - Rescuers struggled to reach a remote corner of southwestern China on Sunday as the toll of the dead and missing from the country’s worst earthquake in three years climbed to 203 with more than 11,000 injured.
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Quake kills more than 150, injures about 5,500 in China
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BEIJING - A strong 6.6 magnitude earthquake hit a remote, mostly rural and mountainous area of southwestern China’s Sichuan province on Saturday, killing at least 156 people and injuring about 5,500 close to where a big quake killed almost 70,000 people in 2008.
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Kerry: ‘China is the lifeline to North Korea’
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As North Koreans celebrated founding of its ruling dynasty, Secretary of State John Kerry, in an interview with NBC News’ Andrea Mitchell, calls on China to do more to help resolve the missile crisis.
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China agrees to help US rid North Korea of nuclear capability
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Secretary of State John Kerry and China’s top diplomat on Saturday reiterated the two countries’ commitment to denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula in a peaceful manner.
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This is a ‘critical time’, Kerry tells China president amid North Korea tensions
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BEIJING — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met China’s top leaders on Saturday in a bid to persuade them to exert pressure on North Korea to scale back its belligerent rhetoric and, eventually, return to nuclear talks.
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On the heels of recent news about a two-headed bull shark, a two-head pig has been born in a village in east China’s Jianxi province, according to the news reports.
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Online outrage over fruit seller’s run-in with China cops shows power of social media
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Cops in China charged with fighting petty crime have become so notorious for their abuse of power that their official name, Chengguan, has become slang for thuggishness. “Don’t be too chengguan,” one might admonish another, meaning “don’t be such a bully.”
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Woman credits beer for black, smooth 6-foot-long hair
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Forty-four-year-old Cen Yingyuan combs her 6-foot-long hair at home in Zhanjiang, China, Feb. 23. Cen is only 5 feet tall, and has not gotten a haircut in 11 years. She uses beer to keep her hair black and smooth.
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Oldest marathon runner finishes last race at 101
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HONG KONG (AP) -The world’s oldest marathon runner ran his last race on Sunday at the age of 101.
Fauja Singh finished the Hong Kong marathon’s 10-kilometer (6.25-mile) race in a time of 1 hour, 32 minutes and 28 seconds.
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Bad for the pig, good for the monkey: Chinese astrologer welcomes Year of the Snake
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BEIJING -– Chinese New Year is just days away and, as hundreds of millions of people across China head back home in record numbers to ring in the Year of the Snake, many are eager to see what lies ahead.
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Hot colors light up frozen sculptures at the Harbin ice festival
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People slide down an ice slide at the 29th Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin, China, on Jan. 6. The annual festival features hundreds of activities related to snow and ice. Picture made available Jan. 7.
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China tears down house in middle of highway after owner agrees to demolition
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Authorities have demolished a five-story home that stood incongruously in the middle of a new main road and had become the latest symbol of resistance by Chinese homeowners against officials accused of offering unfair compensation.
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Expired milk and a piece of bread: School lunch scandal sparks outrage in China
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BEIJING — Five local Chinese education officials were sacked this week amid rampant speculation that they were stealing from a national lunch program, prompting a nationwide online debate over how this nation of 1.3 billion is feeding its more than 194 million K-12 students.
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