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British diplomat becomes hero in China after saving student from river | South China Morning Post

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A British diplomat has been widely praised online in China after he saved a woman from a river. Stephen Ellison, the 61-year-old consul general of Britain’s mission in Chongqing, dived into the river at a nearby tourist town when he saw the student struggling to stay afloat.

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