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The rise of trail running in China has been unprecedented over the last few years. “Within the space of just two years, the number of runners in China has more than doubled.” It seems to have given a younger generation a new way of living, communicating, cleaning up the environment and exploring—and they didn’t even know it was possible just a few years ago.

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