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How do you feel about sanitation workers in China dressing up as superheroes?

 
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[Poll] Try to _sabotage_ this China related topic

Postby AndyDufresne on Wed Dec 10, 2014 10:29 am

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You (the general you) can't. And why would you (the general you) want to?

I remember reading this Kotaku article months ago, but it seems pretty timeless anyways:

Why These Chinese Sanitation Workers Dress Like Spider-Man

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You might think this is just some gimmick. But it's more than that. Much more. The Spider-Man outfits are a reminder these two men are risking their lives.

Website Zhangjiakou Online and ShanghaiIst are reporting that sanitation workers Liu Jiancheng and Zhang Chengqing have recently changed uniforms from this:

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To this:

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Not just because Spider-Man is rad. The two work on Taihang mountain in Henan province, keeping it nice and clean. The two brave men have the difficult job of climbing on the side of 500-foot cliffs to pick up trash.2

The Spider-Man sanitation workers have become popular with tourists. But, this isn't just to delight visitors.

According to bureau that heads up the mountain's environmental protection, the Spider-Man outfits were designed to make the workers' dangerous job more visible, and thus, serve as a reminder not to litter. When visitors do, that means that Liu and Zhang must risk their lives to collect the rubbish. Because with garbage, comes lots of climbing.

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--Andy
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Re: Try to _sabotage_ this China related topic

Postby _sabotage_ on Wed Dec 10, 2014 10:41 am

Sometimes it's just garbage.

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Other times, it's also lunch.
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