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         What could possibly attract hundreds of thousands of visitors to a Taiwan harbor front in the midst of typhoon threats? A giant rubber duck, of course. After generating a duck    31    in other cities, the 18-meter inflatable duck created by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman arrived at Kaohsiung City in 2013. Around 500,000 people came to see the duck within 5 days, including Saturday, when officials suspended the display    32    the expected arrival of a typhoon. Kaohsiung City’s love for the duck was sparked in 2009    33    government officials went to see it on show in Osaka. When they found out the rubber duck was coming to Hong Kong, they sent Hofman pictures of Kaohsiung City and the mayor    34   him a letter.   35    , Kaohsiung citizens’ enthusiasm persuaded Hofman to bring his rubber duck to Kaohsiung. ˉ