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China sees sexual frustration causing social problems

Source: Reuters: Lifestyle

January 30th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Lifestyle

BEIJING (Reuters) – Sexual frustration amongst migrant workers in China’s booming southern province of Guangdong is leading to a host of social problems and must be tackled, state media on Saturday cited a local official as saying.

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