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People soaking up the sun on China's only nudist beach are flouting an order to cover up by wearing shorts - but only around their knees.

The half mast protest came after sun worshippers flocked to the Dadonghai beach in Sanya, a resort town on the tropical island of Hainan, to find local government party officials have ordered bare-bottomed bathers off the white sands. The ban was part of a bid to create a "civilised social environment".

The local council said they had been forced to act after being flooded with complaints, particularly from families, who said they could not go there with their children because of the large number of naked men.

They said that the nude sunbathers were always men, adding that there was no problem with women stripping off their clothes on the beach.

Earlier this year, as these pictures below show, officials went to Dadonghai beach with orders to clothe dozens of naked bathers.

They handed out leaflets outlining the Communist Partys ban on all "nude swimming or sunbathing" on the beach, a 1.4-mile crescent of sand along the South China Sea near a Peoples Liberation Army base.

The officials ordered naked bathers to put their trunks back on, and they have followed the letter of the law, if not the spirit.

The region has been known as Chinas top nudist destination for more than a decade despite never having been officially recognised by the government.

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