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Brief encounter

May 26, 2009, Tuesday |

Print Edition

A BRITISH woman who flew to Shanghai to meet her Chinese boyfriend had to fly home as she hadn't applied for a visa.

But immigration officials at Pudong airport took pity on her and allowed the couple to have a brief meeting.

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