I was walking along the Songhua a bit ago and thought these guys were taking a dip in the river. It turned out they were catching turtles, likely to go either to the over-crowded, incredibly inhumane pet shops or, worse, to the vendors selling tiny baby turtles and fish in key chains so that kids can have the delight of watching a little living creature die in their rattling key chains. There are so many wonderful things about China, but the general lack of any sort of empathy for animals - and even other human beings at times - can be pretty deeply disturbing. (Not a problem confined to China, unfortunately...)
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