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Corruption Blurs The Lines Of China's Mistress Culture

A passerby walks past a sign for an "hourly hotel" in a popular shopping district in Hong Kong. An recent anti-vice crackdown in China has targeted mistresses and sex workers as part of a social problem. Antony Dickson /AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Corruption Blurs The Lines Of China's Mistress Culture

An anti-vice crackdown in China has targeted mistresses and sex workers as part of a social problem, but mistresses have been an open secret in China for years.

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Corruption Blurs The Lines Of China's Mistress Culture

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Corruption Blurs The Lines Of China's Mistress Culture

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Corruption Blurs The Lines Of China's Mistress Culture

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Even In A Desert, Drought Spells Trouble For Ranchers

No snowpack, no hay: In the northern Nevada, cattle feed is getting hard to come by, as sources of water diminish in supply. Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Even In A Desert, Drought Spells Trouble For Ranchers

Even In A Desert, Drought Spells Trouble For Ranchers

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Latin Pride Swells For Mystery Model Behind Oscar Statuette

Hollywood legend has it the Oscar statuette was modeled after Mexican actor and director Emilio Fernandez. Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Latin Pride Swells For Mystery Model Behind Oscar Statuette

Latin Pride Swells For Mystery Model Behind Oscar Statuette

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When A Lost 'Lunchbox' Leads To Love, A Mistake Becomes A Miracle

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When A Lost 'Lunchbox' Leads To Love, A Mistake Becomes A Miracle

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When A Lost 'Lunchbox' Leads To Love, A Mistake Becomes A Miracle

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Philippe Jaroussky And The Impossibly High Male Voice

Philippe Jaroussky's new album is Farinelli: Porpora Arias. Marc Ribes /Erato/Warner Classics hide caption

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Deceptive Cadence

Philippe Jaroussky And The Impossibly High Male Voice

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Philippe Jaroussky And The Impossibly High Male Voice

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Semiramide riconosciuta, opera (1st version) [Si pietoso il tuo labbro] Philippe Jaroussky, Venice Baroque Orchestra, Andrea Marcon (conductor)
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