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    Canoe on Canal

    Aug 18, 2022 3 minutes
    By Yuan Yuan
    Copyedited by G. P. Wilson

    The house is made up of two renovated shipping containers—one smaller than the other. Lying only about 20 meters from the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, the only house for miles around has been home to a family for over 10 years.

    When the door opens, normally at daybreak, Wang Daliang, a 44-year-old man, walks out, picks up his scoop net, puts on a life vest and a pair of gumboots and then gets into his boat. A 10-km section of the canal is his

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