Monday, August 02, 2004

A day at the beach

Look at the Sea of People (Actually, It's a Chinese Beach): Zong Zhizhong peered from behind his blue wraparound sunglasses on Saturday afternoon at the spectacle that was No. 1 beach. The ocean was filled with thousands of people. The brown strip of sand was clotted with a sun-screened tangle of humanity. Mr. Zong, 41, a lifeguard, put the crowd at 50,000 people, maybe 60,000. He was not impressed. "Today is not crowded," he said. After all, he noted, the sky was cloudy and gray. [NYT, reg. req.]

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