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Swimming to Hong Kong

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

In China, as in all other countries, the year divides itself into seasons. One season which they have, and we do not. is the time during which people can make the six-hour swim from mainland Communist China to British Hong Kong. That season is now closed for this year. but before it closed Patricia Penn examined the year's catch - or toll - however you care to look at It. Written and compiled by PATRICIA PENN

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