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Chinese swimmers wear nothing but smiles
(China Daily)
Updated: 2005-07-27 06:03

SHENYANG: Some swimmers in Northeast China have sparked a debate on law and morality as hot as the summer temperatures by venturing into the water naked.


A male nude swimmer rests on the bank of a river in Northeast China's Liaoning Province. The rash action stirs hot debates among the public in the shades of law and morality recently. [lnfzb.com]

"I was totally stunned and flushed at the first sight of these naked men," recalled Zhao Yanjie, who lives nearby the bank of the Hunhe River in Shenyang, capital of Liaoning Province.

Zhao said it was around 6 pm when she went for a walk after supper with her family one day.

"Dozens of men sat on the bank, and some dived into the river after taking off all their clothes," Zhao said.

Zhao was not the only witness, and the southern bank of the Hunhe River is not the only nude swimming spot. Amidst the recent rise in temperatures, several cases were also reported in Dalian, a coastal city of Liaoning Province.

A dozen middle-aged and older men were seen swimming nude at the Xinghai Bay bathing area earlier this month.

"This is only one ordinary kind of outdoor sports. We can fully relax ourselves and merge with nature," said one nude swimmer in Shenyang, who declined to give his name.

He said all swimmers are ordinary staff workers and enjoy the feeling they get, but that doesn't mean they're exhibitionists.
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