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Giant Rubber Duck Visits Beijing, China's Large Garden Expo (PHOTOS)
Giant Rubber Duck Visits Beijing, China's Large Garden Expo (PHOTOS)
Jan 17, 2024 3:39 PM

Reporters crowd the waterfront to see the 59-foot tall rubber duck at Beijing Garden Expo Park on September 6, 2013 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Feng Li/Getty Images)

Beijing's International Garden Expo had a super-sized draw this week: a 59-foot rubber duck.

The duck is the latest creation from Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman, the same designer who created a .

The new duck featured at Beijing's International Garden Expo this week was actually to the organizer of Beijing Design Week, USA Today reports.

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The expo itself is enormous. stretch across more than 1,250 acres.While some exhibits reflect on the in China, others highlight "."

Perhaps even more impressive is that the land where the expo sits was once a " site using ecological restoration technology," according toBeijingReview.com.cn.

The expo began in May, stretching through . The expo is scheduled to run through mid-November.

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A giant Rubber Duck created by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman is towed along Hong Kong's Victoria Habour, May 2, 2013. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

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