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Jun 6
14m 37s

Elementary | Shanghai Expo: Haibao

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The 2010 Shanghai World Expo's mascot has been a source of excitement, the butt of jokes and a topic of conversation since its unveiling a few years back. In today's lesson we're talking about Haibao and trying to figure out just what it is he is supposed to resemble. Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/1404

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