A Great Leap Forward--With Fly Swatter in Hand
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<i> Associated Press</i>
BEIJING — Invoking slogans reminiscent of China’s revolutionary past, officials are arming residents with pesticides and swatters to battle a new enemy--flies.
Official media reports say Beijing is waging an all-out war to rid the capital city of every fly over the next two years.
Banners have gone up with the slogan, “Mobilize the Masses to Build a City of No Flies.”
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