Photo: Shanghai – December 2011, by MojoBaron

Posted by Samuel Wade | Feb 3, 2023

Photo: Shanghai – December 2011, by MojoBaron

A large cluster of balloons—Doraemon, Pleasant Goat, Dora the Explorer, Spongebob Squarepants, Mickey and Minnie Mouse, the Teletubbies, pretty much anyone who's anyone—tethered to a motorcycle on a Shanghai sidewalk

Shanghai – December 2011, by MojoBaron (CC BY-ND 2.0)

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