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Ding Yi paints a facial mask in Xiangyang, Central China's Hubei province, April 12, 2011. [Photo/Xinhua]

Ding Yi talks to children wearing facial masks he created, in Xiangyang, Central China's Hubei province, April 12, 2011. [Photo/Xinhua]

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