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| 中国一年回顾：内陆城市雨季像海洋。The stairs of Taoranting subway station in Beijing are flooded, June 23, 2011. |
中国一年回顾：内陆城市雨季像海洋。"Welcome to Beijing beach." After several downpours flooded the capital in late June this year,the words quickly became popular on the Internet.Beijing is not the only city to turn into "Oriental Venice" this summer. Jokes such as, "In Wuhan,A driver who cannot drive a bus is not a good captain," and "Everybody has an ocean view roomin Changsha," also appeared in cities that suffered rain-triggered water loggings.
Now, let's turn back to the drenched moments and see how these words came about.
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| 中国一年回顾：内陆城市雨季像海洋。A car is submerged on the 3rd Ring Road in Beijing, June 23, 2011. |
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| 中国一年回顾：内陆城市雨季像海洋。A man rides on a bridge covered by a swollen river in Wuhan, capital of Central China's Hubei province, June 21, 2011. |
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| 中国一年回顾：内陆城市雨季像海洋。Vehicles move through a flooded street in Wuhan, June 18, 2011. |
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| 中国一年回顾：内陆城市雨季像海洋。A car is stranded on a flooded street in Shijiazhuang, capital of North China's Hebei province, June 24, 2011. |
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| 中国一年回顾：内陆城市雨季像海洋。A building is flooded after heavy rainfall in Zhuji city, East China's Zhejiang province, June 16, 2011. |
