Factory owners lead moves to clean waterways
By Yan Yiqi in Hangzhou | China Daily | Updated: 2014-02-21 07:05
A group of swimmers, braving chilly conditions, jumped into the Donghe River in Rui'an, Zhejiang province, on Monday.
Their reason for making a splash? Not to show their athleticism but rather to make an environmental point.
The 50 or so swimmers own and run rubber-shoe factories in Xianjiang township that have been blamed in the past for polluting the environment.
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