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Summary:Peking television published these pictures of the Chinese leader Mao Tse-Tung swimming in the Yangtze river in July. They said that chairman Mao, who is 72, spent more than an hour in the fast-flowing water and swam 15 kilometres (9 miles). There had been reports abroad that he was in failing health.
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Location:CHINA WUHAN
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