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June 2009



They're Flagging

Monday, 29 June 2009 3:15 P GMT+08
As I strolled downtown this morning, I got the distinct impression that I was in China!
Category: Liuzhou News Propaganda
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Blast!

Saturday, 27 June 2009 1:47 P GMT+08
Back in 2003, when the then mayor, nicknamed The Hammer, decided to destroy rebuild Liuzhou, countless buildings were torn down, including some which had never been completely built. The demolition was almost always done by hand.
Category: Liuzhou News
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The Lunatics Have Taken Over The Asylum

Thursday, 25 June 2009 8:22 A GMT+08
The internet has gone and went all strange.
Category: Censorship
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Stubborn Buns - Updated Again

Monday, 22 June 2009 9:34 P GMT+08
Liuzhou has (nearly) lost one of its favourite shops.
Category: Food and Drink About Liuzhou
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China in the 1920s

Sunday, 21 June 2009 3:05 P GMT+08
A lovely, fascination film turned up on YouTube, yesterday. (Sadly, YouTube remains blocked in China - so I don't know how I managed to see it! )
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Filthy Scum

Saturday, 20 June 2009 9:34 P GMT+08
The world's most disgusting government is being warmly welcomed to visit Guangxi.
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Random Photograph No. 14

Thursday, 18 June 2009 6:06 P GMT+08
Fourteenth in a series of pictures, taken in Liuzhou, which amuse or interest me.
Category: Humour Random Photographs

Living in the Past

Thursday, 18 June 2009 1:19 P GMT+08
I have been wasting a lot of time, enjoyably time wandering through the good old British Library's new online collection of pages from British newspapers from 1800 to 1913. Well, the free ones, anyway.
Category: Internet Stuff

Watersports Festival

Saturday, 13 June 2009 10:16 A GMT+08
They're going to be playing in the river again.
Category: Liuzhou News

Urgent Warning

Friday, 12 June 2009 7:56 P GMT+08
I am delighted to receive a personal email from the British Ambassador to China, Sir William Ehrman, KCMG, or as we usually refer to him, Pompous Prick.
Category: Stupidity
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Updated Chaos

Friday, 12 June 2009 4:44 P GMT+08
As predicted, there was traffic chaos this morning as the new routing around the city centre came into effect.
Category: Liuzhou News Traffic Traumas
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Three Way Road

Wednesday, 10 June 2009 12:13 P GMT+08
Every two or three years, no doubt after one of their alcohol soaked banquets, the local authorities decide in their wisdom to reorganise the traffic routing around the city centre.
Category: Liuzhou News Traffic Traumas

"Can I be your friend?"

Tuesday, 9 June 2009 2:08 P GMT+08
Last week, “Liuzhou City Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries” held their equivalent of an AGM. Honorary presidents were elected etc. Then there was the regulation banquet. A great time was had by all guests – around 80 of them. Very fri
Category: Liuzhou Life

Gaokao

Sunday, 7 June 2009 7:16 P GMT+08
I have the misfortune to live almost next door to a middle school. From very early in the morning till late at night the place erupts noise. Bells ring, the national anthem plays, announcements are made. Seven days a week
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No Direction Home

Saturday, 6 June 2009 2:33 P GMT+08
As they never tire of telling me, the Chinese invented the magnetic compass.  They did so because they were lost. While it pains me to generalise, I can honestly say that I have never met a nation of people who have no idea where they are.
Category: Travel
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Sky Hole

Thursday, 4 June 2009 10:54 P GMT+08
You have to admire the Liuzhou citizenry and their admirable dedication to the subtle art of falling down holes.
Category: Falling Down Holes Traffic Traumas
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