Giant duck to exit after drawing crowds
<p><span word="Download">Download</span></p><p><span word="The">The</span> 18-<span word="meter">meter</span> <span word="rubber">rubber</span> <span word="duck">duck</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="display">display</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Beijing">Beijing</span> <span word="since">since</span> <span word="September">September</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="lured">lured</span> <span word="increasing">increasing</span> <span word="numbers">numbers</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="visitors">visitors</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="capital">capital</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="around">around</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="country">country</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="creation">creation</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Dutch">Dutch</span> <span word="artist">artist</span> <span word="Florentijn">Florentijn</span> <span word="Hofman">Hofman</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="bid">bid</span> <span word="farewell">farewell</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="capital">capital</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Kunming">Kunming</span> <span word="Lake">Lake</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="Summer">Summer</span> <span word="Palace">Palace</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Sunday">Sunday</span>.</p><p><span word="Li">Li</span> <span word="Linji">Linji</span>, <span word="deputy">deputy</span> <span word="head">head</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="palace">palace</span>, <span word="one">one</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="parks">parks</span> <span word="where">where</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="duck">duck</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="displayed">displayed</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="city">city</span>, <span word="said">said</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Thursday">Thursday</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="clearly">clearly</span> <span word="increased">increased</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="number">number</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="visitors">visitors</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="around">around</span> <span word="China">China</span>.</p><p><span word="More">More</span> <span word="than">than</span> 666,000 <span word="people">people</span> <span word="flocked">flocked</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Summer">Summer</span> <span word="Palace">Palace</span> <span word="during">during</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="seven">seven</span>-<span word="day">day</span> <span word="National">National</span> <span word="Day">Day</span> <span word="holiday">holiday</span> <span word="starting">starting</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Oct">Oct</span> 1, <span word="with">with</span> <span word="admission">admission</span> <span word="ticket">ticket</span> <span word="sales">sales</span> <span word="exceeding">exceeding</span> 20 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="yuan">yuan</span> ($3.3 <span word="million">million</span>), <span word="Li">Li</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p><span word="About">About</span> 133,000 <span word="visitors">visitors</span> <span word="flocked">flocked</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="venue">venue</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Oct">Oct</span> 4 <span word="alone">alone</span>.</p><p>"<span word="It">It</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="very">very</span> <span word="popular">popular</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Beijing">Beijing</span>," <span word="Hofman">Hofman</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="news">news</span> <span word="conference">conference</span>, <span word="adding">adding</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="duck">duck</span> <span word="reminds">reminds</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="childhood">childhood</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="happiness">happiness</span>.</p><p><span word="It">It</span> <span word="made">made</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="debut">debut</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="city">city</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Sept">Sept</span> 6 <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="International">International</span> <span word="Garden">Garden</span> <span word="Expo">Expo</span> <span word="Park">Park</span> <span word="before">before</span> <span word="moving">moving</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Summer">Summer</span> <span word="Palace">Palace</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Sept">Sept</span> 23.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="Rubber">Rubber</span> <span word="Duck">Duck</span> <span word="exhibition">exhibition</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="part">part</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="activities">activities</span> <span word="heralding">heralding</span> <span word="Beijing">Beijing</span> <span word="Design">Design</span> <span word="Week">Week</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="ran">ran</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Sept">Sept</span> 26 <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Oct">Oct</span> 3.</p><p><span word="Before">Before</span> <span word="arriving">arriving</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Beijing">Beijing</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="giant">giant</span> <span word="duck">duck</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="display">display</span> <span word="in">in</span> 13 <span word="cities">cities</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="nine">nine</span> <span word="countries">countries</span>.</p><p><span word="Data">Data</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Beijing">Beijing</span> <span word="Design">Design</span> <span word="Week">Week</span> <span word="organizing">organizing</span> <span word="committee">committee</span> <span word="show">show</span> <span word="that">that</span> 30,000 <span word="small">small</span> <span word="rubber">rubber</span> <span word="ducks">ducks</span> <span word="sold">sold</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="during">during</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="National">National</span> <span word="Day">Day</span> <span word="holiday">holiday</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="committee">committee</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="come">come</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="additional">additional</span> 20,000 <span word="that">that</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="expected">expected</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="sell">sell</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="before">before</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="giant">giant</span> <span word="counterpart">counterpart</span> <span word="leaves">leaves</span> <span word="Beijing">Beijing</span>.</p>
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