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&lt;p id=&quot;p_1&quot;&gt;A series of photos created by members of China&amp;rsquo;s National Pole Dancing Team and dance troupe Pole 11 aims to raise public awareness about animal rights has triggered heated discussions on social media. The photo series appeared online just days before the annual dog meat festival in Yulin, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on June 21. Many of the images are recreations of photos that have previously appeared in Chinese media. Read more &lt;span style=&quot;color: #3366ff;&quot;&gt;&lt;a style=&quot;color: #3366ff;&quot;  rel='nofollow' href=&quot;http://www.globaltimes.cn/galleries/123.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;table width=&quot;100%&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;img title=&quot;china-1-new_062615045733.gif&quot; src=&quot;https://akm-img-a-in.tosshub.com/sites/dailyo//story/embed/201506/china-1-new_062615045733.gif&quot; alt=&quot;china-1-new_062615045733.gif&quot; /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;Photos: CFP&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;table width=&quot;100%&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;img title=&quot;china-2-new_062615045829.gif&quot; src=&quot;https://akm-img-a-in.tosshub.com/sites/dailyo//story/embed/201506/china-2-new_062615045829.gif&quot; alt=&quot;china-2-new_062615045829.gif&quot; /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Photos: CFP&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;table width=&quot;100%&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;img title=&quot;china-3-new_062615045847.jpg&quot; src=&quot;https://akm-img-a-in.tosshub.com/sites/dailyo//story/embed/201506/china-3-new_062615045847.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;china-3-new_062615045847.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Photos: CFP&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;table width=&quot;100%&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;img title=&quot;china-4-new_062615045902.gif&quot; src=&quot;https://akm-img-a-in.tosshub.com/sites/dailyo//story/embed/201506/china-4-new_062615045902.gif&quot; alt=&quot;china-4-new_062615045902.gif&quot; /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Photos: CFP&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;table width=&quot;100%&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;img title=&quot;china-5-new_062615045920.gif&quot; src=&quot;https://akm-img-a-in.tosshub.com/sites/dailyo//story/embed/201506/china-5-new_062615045920.gif&quot; alt=&quot;china-5-new_062615045920.gif&quot; /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Photos: CFP&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;table width=&quot;100%&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;img title=&quot;china-7-new_062615045953.gif&quot; src=&quot;https://akm-img-a-in.tosshub.com/sites/dailyo//story/embed/201506/china-7-new_062615045953.gif&quot; alt=&quot;china-7-new_062615045953.gif&quot; /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Photos: CFP&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;table width=&quot;100%&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;img title=&quot;china-8-new_062615050015.gif&quot; src=&quot;https://akm-img-a-in.tosshub.com/sites/dailyo//story/embed/201506/china-8-new_062615050015.gif&quot; alt=&quot;china-8-new_062615050015.gif&quot; /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Photos: CFP&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;table width=&quot;100%&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;img title=&quot;china-9-new_062615050031.gif&quot; src=&quot;https://akm-img-a-in.tosshub.com/sites/dailyo//story/embed/201506/china-9-new_062615050031.gif&quot; alt=&quot;china-9-new_062615050031.gif&quot; /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Photos: CFP&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

How pole dancers are challenging China's dog slaughtering festival

A photo feature by members of China’s National Pole Dancing Team and dance troupe Pole 11 aims to raise awareness about the cruelty meted out to dogs during the controversial Yulin festival.