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Hong Kong opens ‘Amazing Oracle Bone Script' exhibition on history of Chinese characters

Hong Kong opens ‘Amazing Oracle Bone Script' exhibition on history of Chinese characters

As part of this year's Chinese Culture Festival, Hong Kong Central Library in Causeway Bay is showing...
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