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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!
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Opening Ducks

Monday, 30 March 2009 7:32 P GMT+08
In their never ending crusade to bore each other rigid, the local "leaders" have held a building site opening ceremony. As they do.

Guangxi 50

Friday, 5 December 2008 5:42 P GMT+08
It was only a year ago that I said that Liuzhou's Zhuang language translator could have a well earned rest. I was wrong.
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Ethical Mistaken Identity

Wednesday, 12 November 2008 3:14 P GMT+08
Rongshui County is part of Liuzhou Prefecture and lies to the north of the city. Apart from the county town, it comprises small villages and is very rural. It is a very undeveloped and poor part of China.
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Mao Mao Mao

Sunday, 12 October 2008 6:27 P GMT+08
About three years ago, the local government decided to build some accommodation for retired government workers.
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Nursery Rhymes

Tuesday, 30 September 2008 11:30 A GMT+08
In these troubled times it is good to know that someone has their eye on the ball. Chinese President, Hu Jintao made a speech yesterday explaining how to ride the storm. He said,
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Safety Second

Wednesday, 13 August 2008 4:52 P GMT+08
It seems that China is holding some kind of sports meeting.
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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

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.

Down in the Flood

Thursday, 12 June 2008 9:35 A GMT+08
As I may have pointed out before, it's been raining quite a lot. But don't worry, we're safe. All is well. The Party is looking after us.

Clean Cut Kid

Thursday, 24 April 2008 1:20 P GMT+08
A smile was sent to face today as I stepped out for my daily constitutional. I was headed in the direction of the bread shop, then the market. Oh! And I had to buy a new fish slice. The handle broke on the last one. I lead such an interesting life.

I'm a prisoner. Let me in! Part 2

Thursday, 10 April 2008 11:12 P GMT+08
Last month, I mentioned the escaped prisoner who handed himself in after being on the run for 22 years. Here is a bit of an update, with more details.
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The Power and the Glory

Thursday, 27 March 2008 9:44 A GMT+08
Liuzhou Government (i.e. Liuzhou branch of the Chinese Communist Party) have held 'elections' to choose various leaders. Of course, quite who gets to vote and who gets to stand is not mentioned, but you can be sure it ain't
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AIDS Kebabs

Saturday, 15 March 2008 10:00 P GMT+08
This is utterly bizarre. My cell phone service provider, China Mobile, sends out daily news digests by SMS. Yesterday they send me a most unusual and somewhat sinister story.
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Cunning Plan

Saturday, 15 March 2008 8:52 P GMT+08
It may have come to your attention that there is a slight problem in T!bet.

Read with Care

Monday, 3 March 2008 1:43 P GMT+08
Somewhere in the right hand column of this blog are the latest five Liuzhou stories picked up by Google News. They appear here automatically.
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Saved

Thursday, 28 February 2008 2:15 P GMT+08
Liuzhou?s Government are at it again. On their website they are ranting on about how beautiful the city is under their care and about how ecologically aware they are and how they are ?saving energy?.
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Fantasy Train

Sunday, 3 February 2008 8:37 A GMT+08
Do they think we are all mad? Do they really expect us to believe this nonsense?
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Rat Banquet

Saturday, 2 February 2008 3:03 P GMT+08
Last night, Liuzhou government held a reception to celebrate the upcoming Chinese New Year - The Year of the Rat. I managed to infiltrate the proceedings.
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Hot air in Freezing China

Friday, 1 February 2008 4:58 P GMT+08
The whole country is paralysed by the worst weather in 50+ years. Half a million people trapped in one railway station. Millions more elsewhere. But don't worry. The Premier, Wen Jiabao has it all sorted.
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Ignore Foreign Languages

Tuesday, 29 January 2008 5:12 P GMT+08
They love their red banners round here. As I've mentioned before, everywhere you go you can see long thin red banners full of propaganda and other nonsense. No one notices them any more. If they ever did. But this one caught my eye.
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Media attack environment?

Saturday, 26 January 2008 5:18 P GMT+08
Liuzhou Government's website has a section in English. Or Chinglish. I seldom look at it as it is full of propaganda and has little really useful information. But ...

BBC Bollocks

Sunday, 20 January 2008 11:07 A GMT+08
I don't usually blog about international politics. There are others who do it much better than I ever could. It's just not an area of major interest to me.
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The Worst Music Video in the World

Saturday, 19 January 2008 10:46 A GMT+08
China's military, The People's Liberation Army, the world's largest standing army, no doubt has some crack regiments somewhere, but the vast majority seem to be young kids, male and female, in uniforms obviously designed for their elder and larger si
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Dig it!

Tuesday, 11 December 2007 11:11 A GMT+08
In 2003, Liuzhou?s government decided to rebuild the city centre. This included changing the traffic routing system. A reasonably efficient one way system was developed throughout the downtown area. So, they decided to destroy it.
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