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July 2008



Climbing Up Holes

Wednesday, 30 July 2008 12:50 P GMT+08
Ever eager to invent variations on the falling down holes tradition, the creative people of Liuzhou are proud to give you 'climbing up holes'.

Crap Scrap

Tuesday, 29 July 2008 9:02 A GMT+08
I've long been convinced, and tried to bring you evidence, but now the prosecution will rest its case after delivering the knockout blow. 

Bedtime Bunkum

Monday, 28 July 2008 3:05 P GMT+08
The local authorities are kindly offering us information on how to sleep.

Tacky

Wednesday, 23 July 2008 10:10 P GMT+08
Over 6,000 years of culture and an artistic legacy second to none. The beauty of the ancient architecture such as the Forbidden City, the calligraphy, the literature, the Giant Buddha at Leshan, the Terracotta warriors... I could go on.

Taxi War

Wednesday, 23 July 2008 12:56 P GMT+08
In the early hours of Saturday morning, a gang of around 40 people armed with bottles and knives attacked taxis waiting outside a Liuzhou karaoke bar.

Tackier

Wednesday, 23 July 2008 12:51 A GMT+08
I had just finished posting the last entry when I came across this horrendous news. Now, I am seriously upset. But first, let me take you back.

Mine Disaster

Tuesday, 22 July 2008 12:59 P GMT+08
Hardly a week goes by without a report of a mine accident somewhere in China. Yesterday, we received reports that 56 people are trapped in a mine in Guangxi

Football - A Star is Born

Tuesday, 22 July 2008 11:37 A GMT+08
Desperate to win every medal at the Olympics and painfully aware how awful they are at football, China has brought out their top player to single handedly take on all comers.

One Hundred Li Liujiang One Hundred Li Picture Gallery

Saturday, 19 July 2008 11:02 A GMT+08
One Hundred Li Liujiang One Hundred Li Picture Gallery

Happy Birthday

Friday, 18 July 2008 9:55 P GMT+08
Happy Birthday

Dinner Time #1

Tuesday, 15 July 2008 3:44 P GMT+08
Dinner Time - 1st in an occasional series.
Category: Food and Drink

Taxi Subsidies

Saturday, 12 July 2008 3:38 P GMT+08
Liuzhou taxis are among the cheapest in China - or at least they seem so.

What's In A Name?

Saturday, 12 July 2008 10:09 A GMT+08
Liuzhou City Civil Affairs Bureau have been scratching their collective heads and come up with names for some (relatively) new developments.

Motor Meltdown

Wednesday, 9 July 2008 4:46 P GMT+08
Liuzhou's traffic system has gone from its usual condition of total chaos into complete meltdown.

Missing Mao

Tuesday, 8 July 2008 7:26 P GMT+08
Today, one month before the start of the Olympics, the People's bank of China have launched a special 10 Yuan note.

Falling Down Sideways

Tuesday, 8 July 2008 12:00 P GMT+08
Always keen to come up with variations on a theme, the good citizens of Liuzhou continue to devote themselves to the fine art of falling down holes

Mr Iron

Friday, 4 July 2008 3:29 P GMT+08
It is not often a story with a title like "Liugang No 2 converter put into production" attracts my attention. Especially from India. But something caught my attention.

Off the Rails

Tuesday, 1 July 2008 12:44 P GMT+08
Yesterday morning (2:20 am), a Guangzhou to Chongqing train was derailed to the south of Liuzhou. Amazingly only seven of the 1,118 passengers were injured, most of them only slightly.Even more amazing is that they have reported it openly. A few year

How to avoid arrest and talk great Inglish.

Tuesday, 1 July 2008 8:35 A GMT+08
China kindly publishes English language newspapers to help us idiots to understand them. Occassionalllllly they get the English rite. Not oftun.
Category: Humour Languages