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Foot binding photos of Chinese women, the tiny shoes they wore, and X-rays of their feet going on show in Hong Kong | South China Morning Post
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Horrific photographs show the centuries-old Chinese practice of foot binding that breaks bones and agonisingly mutilates the toes into a 'lotus' shape | The Sun
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Horrific photographs show the centuries-old Chinese practice of foot binding that breaks bones and agonisingly mutilates the toes into a 'lotus' shape | The Sun
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