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Property sales agents chat at their office in Hong Kong February 22, 2013. Hong Kong will impose new measures, including raising buyers' stamp duties, to cool its overheated property sector, which has some of the world's most expensive apartments, officials said on Friday. REUTERS/Bobby Yip

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People walk in front of residential towers in Hong Kong February 22, 2013.

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In this Feb. 21, 2013 photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, the ambassador of the 37th Hong Kong International Film Festival Mariam Yeung attends a press conference in Hong Kong. The Hong Kong International Film Festival will start on March 17. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Jin Yi)

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TAIPEI, TAIWAN - FEBRUARY 20: Members of the Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan & Ensemble Rustavi of Georgiaperform 'Songs of the Wanderers' take part in a rehearsal as part of the Taiwan International Festival of the Arts at the National Theatre on February 20, 2013 in Taipei, Taiwan.

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The chairman of a local glasses store in Hangzhou, has offered 200,000 yuan ($32,000) to the head of the local environmental protection bureau to swim in this filthy river for 20 minutes. There is no news of a response, but the local environmental protection bureau has already taken measures to sort out the waste, which they said were domestic garbage, not industrial waste. Workers clean a polluted river in Rui'an city, East China's Zhejiang province, Feb 18, 2013. [Photo by Zheng Tao/Asianewsphoto]

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Photos taken on Feb. 23, 2013 shows a fire-stricken residential building in Muxi Village of Zeguo Town, Wenling, east China's Zhejiang Province. A fire that broke out here early Saturday morning has killed eight people before it was put out an hour later. Wenling's fire department said the fire occurred at 2:59 a.m. (1859 GMT) and burnt three residential houses in Zeguo Town. An investigation is underway. (Xinhua/Huang Zongzhi)

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A college graduate (C) and his parents read employment information at a job fair in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 23, 2013. About 25,000 job opportunities were offered at the job fair. (Xinhua/Luo Xiaoguang)

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A farmer works in the fields at Shuidong Village in Rongshui Miao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Feb. 23, 2013. Farmers in Guangxi now are busy with spring plowing. (Xinhua/Long Linzhi)

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A farmer works in the fields at Sanhe Village of Baise City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Feb. 23, 2013. Farmers in Guangxi now are busy with spring plowing. (Xinhua/Wei Wanzhong)

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Students return to a primary school in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, reads in class on Thursday, the first day of the new semester for around 800,000 students in the city's kindergartens, primary and secondary schools. The starting day, scheduled for Tuesday, was postponed due to a sudden snowfall that blanketed the province late on Monday night. [Photo/Xinhua]

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Runners wearing costumes run on the Eastern Corridor expressway during a 10-kilometer race as part of the Hong Kong Marathon early February 24, 2013. A total of 72,000 people participated in 10-kilometer, half marathon and marathon races on Sunday. REUTERS/Bobby Yip

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A runner receives medical treatment on the Eastern Corridor expressway during a 10-kilometer race as part of the Hong Kong Marathon early February 24, 2013. A total of 72,000 people participated in 10-kilometer, half marathon and marathon races on Sunday. REUTERS/Bobby Yip

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British Indian marathon runner Fauja Singh, 101 years-old, runs in the 10-km race of the Hong Kong marathon February 24, 2013. Singh will officially retire from public races after Hong Kong marathon. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

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People watch a fire show in Huayin, Shaanxi province, on Feb 23, one day before the Lantern Festival, the 15th day of the first lunar month which falls on Feb 24 this year. [Photo/Xinhua]

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A man wears a gas mask as he takes part in a running event promoting an environmentally friendly lifestyle at the Olympic Forest Park in Beijing on Sunday. WEI XIAOHAO / CHINA DAILY
Strip down to your underwear in -2 C, run a lap in the freezing cold and your worries will be gone.

At least, that's the promise of the annual 3.5 km Undie Run, which was held in Beijing's Olympic Forest Park on Sunday with 300 participants.

There were no referees or trophies, no starting gun or finishing line. But there were a lot of laughs and bonding even before the group warm up started. The runners started circling the park at 9:40 am.

Wang Yibin, organizer of the event, said the run is a wake-up call to those who had too much to eat over Spring Festival. "It's time to confront your own body," Wang said.

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Firemen work at the scene of a chemical plant blast in Baiyun District of Guiyang, capital of southwest China's Guizhou Province, Feb. 25, 2013. At least five people were injured in a chemical plant explosion in Guiyang on Monday morning. Part of the plant, which belongs to Bestchem, a local chemical company, was still burning by noon. Firefighters have been deployed to the blast scene while local environmental authorities are keeping an eye on the air quality. (Xinhua/Liu Xu)

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People who receive help from a salvation management station have supper in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, Feb. 24, 2013. On the day of the Lantern Festival, staff members at Hangzhou Salvation Management Station prepared clothes and food for those who are in need. (Xinhua/Han Chuanhao)

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Li Puqiong (L), a staff member of Hangzhou Salvation Management Station, helps a man to get registered in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, Feb. 24, 2013.

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Photo taken on Feb. 24, 2013 shows the aerial view of the approach of the Nanpu Bridge in Shanghai, east China. (Xinhua/Fan Jun)

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Photo taken on Feb. 24, 2013 shows the aerial view of the illuminated buildings along the banks of the Huangpu River in Shanghai, east China. (Xinhua/Fan Jun)

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Pupils of the RDFZ Chaoyang School attend the school opening ceremony in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 25, 2013. Students of primary and middle schools in Beijing ushered in a new semester on Monday. (Xinhua/Zheng Huansong)

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People participate in a celebrational "tsampa fight" in Shigatse of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Feb. 25, 2013. A "tsampa fight", in which participants cast tsampa (roasted barley flour) at each others to pray for good harvest, was held here on the 15th day of January in the Tibetan calendar, marking the end of the Tibetan new year celebration. (Xinhua/Purbu Zhaxi)

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Equation said:

Ok how the heck does he breath in those things? LOL, is the air that bad?

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Customers buy meals at a KFC restaurant at a shopping mall in Beijing Monday, Feb. 25, 2013. KFC launched a campaign Monday to rebuild its battered brand in China, promising tighter quality control after a scandal over misuse of drugs by its poultry suppliers. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

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(L-R) Kuoni Travel Agency Customer Services Manager Coral Kwok, General Manager for Sales, Marketing & Distribution Raymond Ng and Assistant Manager for Group Tour Paul Chan react during a news conference in Hong Kong February 26, 2013. A hot air balloon crashed near the Egyptian town of Luxor at dawn on Tuesday after a mid-air gas explosion, killing 19 Asian and European tourists, a local industry official and the state news agency said. The Hong Kong branch of Swiss-based travel agency Kuoni said that nine Hong Kong tourists are feared dead after the crash. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

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Foreign domestic helpers care for children in Hong Kong February 26, 2013. The territory's Court of Final Appeal begins a three-day hearing on Tuesday to decide on the right of abode law. The outcome of the case will determine whether foreign domestic helpers have the right to apply for permanent residency. REUTERS/Bobby Yip (

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A protester acts as a worker during a protest by the Students and Scholars Against Corporate Misbehaviour movement against Apple's labour rights outside a Apple Store at Causeway Bay in Hong Kong February 26, 2013. The group appeals to Apple shareholders to use their influential power to force Apple to improve labour situation among its suppliers. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

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Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra (L) speaks with Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying during their meeting in Hong Kong February 26, 2013. Shinawatra is in the territory for a two-day visit. REUTERS/Bobby Yip

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Migrant workers make their way to Shanghai railway station, the meeting point where an online employment agency arranged to pick them up to their new jobs, in Shanghai February 26, 2013. As the Spring Festival drew to an end, some manufacturers near Shanghai posted recruiting advertisements online with few prerequisites and offered free transportation for healthy migrant workers to fill up job vacancies. According to Xinhua News Agency, due to a lack of fixed employment contracts and rising living costs, each year after the Spring Festival holiday, it is common that migrant workers default on their jobs to settle down again in their hometowns. REUTERS/Aly Song

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