Huangpu is a district of pigeon fanciers and the skies over Shanghai have seen birds racing back to their coops for the best part of a century. Words and pictures by Jonathan Browning.
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03/01: S.H.E. ushers in a 'New Dawn'
May 23, 2011
Power pop group S.H.E. from Taiwan performed in Hong Kong over the Christmas holidays and we ask the trio about their memories of 2008 and what's in store for the new year.
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