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China Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 15/10/2026
Twenty Harbin Students Disciplined for Unauthorized VPN Use After Reportedly Being “Informed on” by Classmate "There’s a growing trend toward reporting people for the online content they post …. The reporting system has been completely weaponized."
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Twenty Harbin Students Disciplined for Unauthorized VPN Use After Reportedly Being “Informed on” by Classmate
Twenty students at Harbin Engineering University (HEU) were given disciplinary warnings for using unauthorized VPNs to circumvent the Great Firewall in order
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China Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 06/10/2026
Xiao Qiang, founder of ​the US-based China Digital Times, which monitors China's internet, said the 'intense censorship' suggests authorities saw the app as a new form ​of 'creative resistance' with potential for 'social ⁠mobilisation.'"
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China Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 06/10/2026
Xiao Qiang, founder of ​the US-based China Digital Times, which monitors China's internet, said the 'intense censorship' suggests authorities saw the app as a new form ​of 'creative resistance' with potential for 'social ⁠mobilisation.'"
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China Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 06/10/2026
"It drew 150,000 contributors before ⁠authorities suspended the app in September, citing unspecified regulatory violations [....] Searches for 'weekend off shopping' on Chinese social media platforms yielded no results."
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China Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 06/10/2026
"It drew 150,000 contributors before ⁠authorities suspended the app in September, citing unspecified regulatory violations [....] Searches for 'weekend off shopping' on Chinese social media platforms yielded no results."
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China Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 06/10/2026
"A mobile app called 'Weekend Off Shopping' [allowed] users to check and rate whether businesses gave staff a full two-day weekend, encouraging shoppers ​to buy from those that did and avoid ​the others."
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China Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 06/10/2026
"A mobile app called 'Weekend Off Shopping' [allowed] users to check and rate whether businesses gave staff a full two-day weekend, encouraging shoppers ​to buy from those that did and avoid ​the others."
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China Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 06/10/2026
Reuters – With national holidays approaching, Chinese workers demand a proper break www.reuters.com/business/wor...
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With national holidays approaching, Chinese workers demand a proper break
With China set for a week-long holiday at the start of October, many workers are taking to social media to complain about ​the widespread practice of requiring staff to work weekends either side of th...
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China Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 06/10/2026
Reuters – With national holidays approaching, Chinese workers demand a proper break www.reuters.com/business/wor...
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With national holidays approaching, Chinese workers demand a proper break
With China set for a week-long holiday at the start of October, many workers are taking to social media to complain about ​the widespread practice of requiring staff to work weekends either side of th...
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China Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 30/09/2026
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Translation: The Deluge of Blocked Words Online - Why We Feel We "Cannot Speak Openly"
The post translated below, from WeChat account “Summer Flavors,” argues that keyword-based censorship on Chinese online platforms is missing the mark, both
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China Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 30/09/2026
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Translation: The Deluge of Blocked Words Online - Why We Feel We "Cannot Speak Openly"
The post translated below, from WeChat account “Summer Flavors,” argues that keyword-based censorship on Chinese online platforms is missing the mark, both
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China Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 30/09/2026
"A WeChat essay translated by China Digital Times [...] described China’s keyword-based censorship as blunt and counterproductive [...,] interfering with ordinary communication, even when users are not criticizing the government or discussing politically sensitive issues."
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China Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 30/09/2026
"A WeChat essay translated by China Digital Times [...] described China’s keyword-based censorship as blunt and counterproductive [...,] interfering with ordinary communication, even when users are not criticizing the government or discussing politically sensitive issues."
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China Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 30/09/2026
HRIC – HRIC Digital Rights Report - August 2026 news.hrichina.org/p/hric-digit...
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HRIC Digital Rights Report - August 2026
Devastating flash floods along the Nepal–Tibet border in late August exposed the human cost of China’s information controls. While more than 1,000 people were confirmed dead and thousands remained mis...
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China Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 30/09/2026
HRIC – HRIC Digital Rights Report - August 2026 news.hrichina.org/p/hric-digit...
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HRIC Digital Rights Report - August 2026
Devastating flash floods along the Nepal–Tibet border in late August exposed the human cost of China’s information controls. While more than 1,000 people were confirmed dead and thousands remained mis...
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China Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 30/09/2026
CDT’s Minstry of Truth Directives are published here: chinadigitaltimes.net/china/direct...
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Directives from the Ministry of Truth Archives – China Digital Times (CDT)
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China Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 30/09/2026
CDT’s Minstry of Truth Directives are published here: chinadigitaltimes.net/china/direct...
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Directives from the Ministry of Truth Archives – China Digital Times (CDT)
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China Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 30/09/2026
"China Digital Times (CDT) [...] has long published official leaked censorship orders under its Ministry of Truth column, exposing the wide and changing range of issues that are off limits."
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China Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 30/09/2026
"China Digital Times (CDT) [...] has long published official leaked censorship orders under its Ministry of Truth column, exposing the wide and changing range of issues that are off limits."
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China Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 30/09/2026
"External censorship takes the form of directives from senior levels (ultimately the CCP’s Propaganda Department) that give continuous instructions on what issues to stay clear of or what aspects of a current developing news story to avoid."
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China Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 30/09/2026
"External censorship takes the form of directives from senior levels (ultimately the CCP’s Propaganda Department) that give continuous instructions on what issues to stay clear of or what aspects of a current developing news story to avoid."
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China Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 30/09/2026
Safeguard Defenders – CGTN: See the Difference. China's Party-State Media in Focus safeguarddefenders.com/en/publicati...
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CGTN: See the Difference. China's Party-State Media in Focus
CGTN: See the Difference.
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China Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 30/09/2026
Safeguard Defenders – CGTN: See the Difference. China's Party-State Media in Focus safeguarddefenders.com/en/publicati...
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CGTN: See the Difference. China's Party-State Media in Focus
CGTN: See the Difference.
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China Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 02/10/2026
CDT Quote of the Week: chinadigitaltimes.net/2026/10/cdts...
"Long after the Gang of Four was toppled and the Cultural Revolution was recast as an historical setback, concepts like 'better to have socialist weeds than capitalist seedlings' remain stubbornly persistent in many realms of social governance." - From a deleted essay by Xiang Dongliang about the surprise summer box-office success of subpar animated film "Niu Lai" in a Chinese film ecosystem where political censorship remains paramount
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China Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 02/10/2026
CDT Quote of the Week: chinadigitaltimes.net/2026/10/cdts...
"Long after the Gang of Four was toppled and the Cultural Revolution was recast as an historical setback, concepts like 'better to have socialist weeds than capitalist seedlings' remain stubbornly persistent in many realms of social governance." - From a deleted essay by Xiang Dongliang about the surprise summer box-office success of subpar animated film "Niu Lai" in a Chinese film ecosystem where political censorship remains paramount
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China Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 02/10/2026
CDT’s “404 Deleted Content Archive” Summary for August 2026 Topics: Comedian Guo Degang, sexual assault at banquets, Huawei vs. the "bamboo cicada", security checks around Tiananmen, box-office surprise "Niu Lai", Gyirong flooding, more.
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CDT’s “404 Deleted Content Archive” Summary for August 2026
CDT presents a monthly series of censored content that has been added to our “404 Deleted Content Archive.” Each month, we publish a summary of content
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China Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 02/10/2026
CDT’s “404 Deleted Content Archive” Summary for August 2026 Topics: Comedian Guo Degang, sexual assault at banquets, Huawei vs. the "bamboo cicada", security checks around Tiananmen, box-office surprise "Niu Lai", Gyirong flooding, more.
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CDT’s “404 Deleted Content Archive” Summary for August 2026
CDT presents a monthly series of censored content that has been added to our “404 Deleted Content Archive.” Each month, we publish a summary of content
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China Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 02/10/2026
Photo: Small shops, by Francisco Anzola chinadigitaltimes.net/2026/10/phot...
In the Shangcheng district of Hangzhou, two charming small shops selling various items such as snacks, tea, and souvenirs sit side by side. The shop at left has a pleasing outdoor display of handicrafts and souvenir-type items underneath a thatched, umbrella-shaped canopy. The shops occupy the ground floor of the same building; the rooms on the second floor appear to be apartments. Laundry hanging on a line is visible through one of the upstairs windows.
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China Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 02/10/2026
Photo: Small shops, by Francisco Anzola chinadigitaltimes.net/2026/10/phot...
In the Shangcheng district of Hangzhou, two charming small shops selling various items such as snacks, tea, and souvenirs sit side by side. The shop at left has a pleasing outdoor display of handicrafts and souvenir-type items underneath a thatched, umbrella-shaped canopy. The shops occupy the ground floor of the same building; the rooms on the second floor appear to be apartments. Laundry hanging on a line is visible through one of the upstairs windows.
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China Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 28/09/2026
Translation: Censored Commentary on Beijing’s Drone Storage Ban "The logic behind this new rule is to move the security perimeter from the sky right down to the level of equipment possession."
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Translation: Censored Commentary on Beijing’s Drone Storage Ban
The post below, from WeChat account 白桦视界 Báihuà Shìjiè, or “White Birch Vision,” is a censored response to new restrictions on drone ownership and storage
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China Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 28/09/2026
Translation: Censored Commentary on Beijing’s Drone Storage Ban "The logic behind this new rule is to move the security perimeter from the sky right down to the level of equipment possession."
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Translation: Censored Commentary on Beijing’s Drone Storage Ban
The post below, from WeChat account 白桦视界 Báihuà Shìjiè, or “White Birch Vision,” is a censored response to new restrictions on drone ownership and storage
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China Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 23/09/2026
Translation: “Eventually, We All Learned to Keep Quiet” "When someone is unhappy with something they think is unreasonable or unfair, they ought to be allowed to ask, 'Why?' What’s scary is if society reaches the point where no one dares to ask why."
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Translation: “Eventually, We All Learned to Keep Quiet”
In mid-September, a man was arrested for stabbing and wounding an unknown number of women outside a hotpot restaurant in the GOGO Xintiandi shopping plaza in
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China Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 23/09/2026
Translation: “Eventually, We All Learned to Keep Quiet” "When someone is unhappy with something they think is unreasonable or unfair, they ought to be allowed to ask, 'Why?' What’s scary is if society reaches the point where no one dares to ask why."
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Translation: “Eventually, We All Learned to Keep Quiet”
In mid-September, a man was arrested for stabbing and wounding an unknown number of women outside a hotpot restaurant in the GOGO Xintiandi shopping plaza in
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China Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 21/09/2026
Journalist and #MeToo Activist Sophia Huang Xueqin Released From Prison After Five Years
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Journalist and #MeToo Activist Sophia Huang Xueqin Released From Prison After Five Years
Sophia Huang Xueqin, a journalist whose reporting on human rights and sexual abuse helped to galvanize China’s #MeToo movement, was scheduled to be released
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China Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 21/09/2026
Journalist and #MeToo Activist Sophia Huang Xueqin Released From Prison After Five Years
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Journalist and #MeToo Activist Sophia Huang Xueqin Released From Prison After Five Years
Sophia Huang Xueqin, a journalist whose reporting on human rights and sexual abuse helped to galvanize China’s #MeToo movement, was scheduled to be released
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China Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 20/09/2026
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Netizen Voices on MSS Claim That Foreign Forces Are Funding Chinese Slackers: “If Everyone Slacked Off, Who’d Be Left To Exploit?”
In an article published to its official WeChat account on Tuesday, the Chinese Ministry of State Security (MSS) accused unnamed “foreign organizations” of
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China Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 20/09/2026
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Netizen Voices on MSS Claim That Foreign Forces Are Funding Chinese Slackers: “If Everyone Slacked Off, Who’d Be Left To Exploit?”
In an article published to its official WeChat account on Tuesday, the Chinese Ministry of State Security (MSS) accused unnamed “foreign organizations” of
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China Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 20/09/2026
"A popular vlogger sarcastically complained that he wanted to 'report' foreign forces for failing to pay him despite his tireless efforts to lie flat. These responses have all since been censored."
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China Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 20/09/2026
"The official media attributing the trend of lying flat to foreign interference was promptly pilloried by Chinese netizens who filled online comment sections with criticism and satire."
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China Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 20/09/2026
Freedom House – The CCP is Trying—and Failing—to Extinguish Defiance among Chinese Citizens freedomhouse.org/article/ccp-...
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The CCP is Trying—and Failing—to Extinguish Defiance among Chinese Citizens
People across China persistently express discontent through “lying flat” and public protest.
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China Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 20/09/2026
"This leaked trove reveals ByteDance's internal content-review mechanisms as they stood around 2020: regulatory requirements from higher-level authorities [serve as] the basis for a detailed lexicon of sensitive terms, an 'operating manual' used on a daily basis by frontline content moderators."
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China Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 20/09/2026
"This leaked trove reveals ByteDance's internal content-review mechanisms as they stood around 2020: regulatory requirements from higher-level authorities [serve as] the basis for a detailed lexicon of sensitive terms, an 'operating manual' used on a daily basis by frontline content moderators."
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China Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 20/09/2026
MiniTrue: ByteDance Censors’ List of 5,241 Sensitive Terms Includes references to political figures and their family members, historical and political events, guns and other banned weapons, scandals and controversies, and more.
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MiniTrue: ByteDance Censors’ List of 5,241 Sensitive Terms
The following is an introduction to and contextualization of some of the specific entries and broader categories included in CDT’s archived “ByteDance Lexicon
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China Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 20/09/2026
MiniTrue: ByteDance Censors’ List of 5,241 Sensitive Terms Includes references to political figures and their family members, historical and political events, guns and other banned weapons, scandals and controversies, and more.
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MiniTrue: ByteDance Censors’ List of 5,241 Sensitive Terms
The following is an introduction to and contextualization of some of the specific entries and broader categories included in CDT’s archived “ByteDance Lexicon
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China Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 19/09/2026
Translation: Euphemism and Censorship Surround Guangxi Flooding, Dam Breach News chinadigitaltimes.net/2026/07/tran...
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Translation: Euphemism and Censorship Surround Guangxi Flooding, Dam Breach News
Back-to-back typhoons have brought torrential rain, flooding, and other extreme weather events to parts of southern and central China, and prompted mass
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China Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 19/09/2026
"China Digital Times reported that viral videos of roiling floodwaters pouring through the Liulan breach were widely shared and then deleted, while official coverage adopted euphemistic language and softened questions about reservoir management."
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China Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 19/09/2026
The Irrawaddy – Guangxi’s Deadly Floods and China’s Propaganda Crisis www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/gues...
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Guest Column | Guangxi’s Deadly Floods and China’s Propaganda Crisis
The Chinese regime’s assiduous information management efforts are making natural disasters worse, says Chandu Doddi.
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China Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 18/09/2026
CDT Quote of the Week: chinadigitaltimes.net/2026/09/tran...
"The media certainly need funding, technology, and talent, but they also need room to speak. If the media have no room to raise issues, then traffic-boosting trickery will only help it blow its fluff over greater distances." - Blogger "Fellini," discussing an unusually frank (and quickly deleted) article from Zhejiang's provincial propaganda department, which acknowledged the many competing mandates threatening the survival of Chinese media media outlets
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China Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 18/09/2026
Translation: Article on Media’s Survival Fails to Survive "The media certainly need funding, technology, and talent, but they also need room to speak."
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Translation: Article on Media's Survival Fails to Survive
Like their counterparts elsewhere, Chinese news media face mounting challenges such as commercial headwinds and pressure to adapt to new technologies like
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China Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 18/09/2026
Photo: Mini fire station, by QuantFoto chinadigitaltimes.net/2026/09/phot...
Two red fire vehicles and several motorcycles (or scooters) are parked next to a white wall topped with traditional Chinese tiles. At left is what appears to be a small, red, electric patrol vehicle of some sort. In the middle are three motorcycles or scooters, with their front ends facing away from the wall. At right, is a small red fire truck with a cylindrical metal device mounted on the rear (likely a fog/mist cannon used for dust-suppression). The Chinese characters on the vehicles suggests that they are used in or around the Xixi Wetlands, near Hangzhou, Zhejiang province.
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