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Old Apr 26, 2013 | 8:57 pm
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The offending trees go by 白杨 or 杨树, which I think translates as poplar or willow (I forget which). Though I'm not allergic, I'm also not immune from that miserable white fluff covering myself and my belongings and generally making late April through mid-May a rather annoying time to be in Beijing...
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