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Celebs Join Dongji Island Beach Cleanup Amid Power Outages

6/5/2026

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Zhu Li and Li Yuanyuan joined a beach cleanup on Dongji Island, the easternmost inhabited Chinese mainland islands in Zhejiang.
Dongfushan, one of the four islands, is marketed as the spot where the first 21st-century sunlight reached mainland China.
Ya Lan, who learned in April 2015 that Han Han’s 2014 film The Continent was shot there, visited the island twice 11 years apart and noted guesthouses without Wi-Fi and frequent power outages.

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Zhu Li and Li Yuanyuan joined a beach cleanup on Dongji Island, the easternmost inhabited Chinese mainland islands in Zhejiang.
Dongfushan, one of the four islands, is marketed as the spot where the first 21st-century sunlight reached mainland China.
Ya Lan, who learned in April 2015 that Han Han’s 2014 film The Continent was shot there, visited the island twice 11 years apart and noted guesthouses without Wi-Fi and frequent power outages.