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Aussie firefighters too hot for China as calendar hits censors

The Australian Financial Review (AFR) •
November 08, 2026 • 03:34 AM
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Crowds are flocking to Australia’s shirtless firefighters at a trade show in Shanghai, but their calendars have run up against China’s strict publishing rules.

Aussie firefighters too hot for China as calendar hits censors

Shanghai | A hot Australian export has run into an unexpected problem in China: its stars are not wearing enough clothes.

The muscle-bound men behind the Australian Firefighters Calendar have returned this year to Shanghai’s enormous trade expo, where queues of young women snake around the Australian pavilion to have their photographs taken with them.

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