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Blast!
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. Gangs of labourers with sledge hammers.
Later, things became somewhat more mechanised, but recently they have just taken to blowing things up.
The latest casualty is the last building of any significance on the new construction site where they are planning to build the tallest building in Guangxi.
Yesterday afternoon they blew up Ying Binguan (hotel). I had many a happy banquet there and visiting friends stayed there when there were too many (or it would have been immoral for them) to share my only spare bed.
It was also home to Liuzhou's best bun shop.
a city of rubble....Liuzhou is taking on a certain Blitz affect.
Was traffic stopped when they blew up the hotel?
What will happen to all the people displaced from their demolished homes?
A couple of weeks ago, I remember seeing people's washing still hanging out
to dry while the wrecking ball visited their neighbours apartments.
