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China police praised for finding tourist's lost phone in sand dunes

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Police officers in Dunhuang, China, received praise for their efforts in searching for a lost mobile phone belonging to a Taiwanese tourist. The officers manually sifted through sand at the Singing Sand Dunes tourist site, a challenging task due to the shifting sands and darkness. The tourist expressed her gratitude and declared China the safest country in the world after her phone was recovered. AI

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China police praised for finding tourist's lost phone in sand dunes

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Fran Lu ·

    China police officers dig through sand with bare hands to search for Taiwan tourist’s lost phone

    Chinese police officers dug through sand with their bare hands to search for a Taiwan tourist’s lost phone, winning widespread online applause. Having successfully retrieved her phone, the woman presented her Taiwan resident travel permit in front of the camera and exclaimed “We,…

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