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Death toll from China viral outbreak rises to 32, 24934 infected - Xinhua
Thursday, 8 May 2008 4:55 P GMT+08
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Guangxi to upgrade transport system - China Daily
Thursday, 8 May 2008 6:53 A GMT+08
GM's China commercial vehicle JV recalls Wuling passenger cars - China Knowledge Online
Monday, 5 May 2008 3:01 A GMT+08
GM China venture recalls 26076 minibuses - Reuters
Wednesday, 30 April 2008 9:01 A GMT+08
Guangxi Baise Airport Reopens - China Hospitality News
Tuesday, 29 April 2008 11:31 P GMT+08
Humour
Send in the Clowns - Again
Wednesday, 2 April 2008 9:31 A GMT+08
Not content in just having a bunch of clowns running the place, Liuzhou Government has announced that there will be a second International Clown Festival in Liuzhou from the 1st to 3rd of May.
Fanta-stic Names
Friday, 29 February 2008 2:29 P GMT+08
Chinese people?s names are endlessly interesting.
Hot tips!
Thursday, 14 February 2008 12:58 P GMT+08
Out of pure generosity, I am going to pass on a couple of tips.
Toothbrush Kettle
Saturday, 26 January 2008 1:23 P GMT+08
I was looking through the website of a kitchen equipment company earlier today. I'm thinking of buying an oven. I chanced on this bizarre contraption, whatever it is.
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
Wheelbarrow Etiquette
Thursday, 8 November 2007 12:07 P GMT+08
What do you do when you are carting around some household junk and, while crossing the road, spot a friendly looking card game going on in the shade of a tree?
How to catch fish!
Sunday, 7 October 2007 2:17 P GMT+08
Only minutes after informing you that I had been mistaken in my duck acquisition techniques, I stumble across the awful truth that I’ve also been catching my fish incorrectly, too!
Liuzhou Roast Duck
Sunday, 7 October 2007 11:47 A GMT+08
There are many favourite local duck recipes and dishes. Beer duck is a local favourite, for example. And duck hotpot is popular in the winter. I have even been known to make the occasional duck dish myself.
"They're planting stories in the press"
Sunday, 23 September 2007 11:43 P GMT+08
I'm delighted to discover that Liuzhou is spending its money wisely. I live just off one of the major thoroughfares of the city and, over the last few months, the locals have been digging up the road and then remaking it.
Hole in one!
Thursday, 13 September 2007 12:41 P GMT+08
As regular readers know, the good people of Liuzhou do not lack ingenuity.
God's Communist Coffee
Sunday, 9 September 2007 2:06 P GMT+08
Product naming and packing design is a complicated art.
Ring Them Bells
Sunday, 19 August 2007 10:18 P GMT+08
You have to be quick to keep up with the social trends round Liuzhou. The locals take up new hobbies and pastimes almost every week. After the 'falling down holes' and 'setting things on fire' crazes of recent months, they have a new one.
Flying Chinamen
Monday, 30 July 2007 2:32 P GMT+08
According to my local newspaper, the lads in the Liuzhou branch of the People’s Liberation Army are learning some new skills. There seems to be a shortage of aircraft at the moment, so instead they are learning to fly under their own power.
The game is the same - it's just up on a different level
Thursday, 26 July 2007 1:53 P GMT+08
About a year ago, it was claimed that the Chinese invented golf! I had forgotten about this until last night when a young Chinese friend claimed that not only golf, but football (soccer), basketball and disco dancing were all also Chinese inventions.
Been shooting craps and gambling, momma, and I done got broke
Monday, 16 July 2007 8:37 A GMT+08
It seems that Liuzhou people don't only like to fall down wells and other holes, jump off bridges etc., but have also taken up falling off cliffs.
Maternal Grandmother's Fluttering Fragrant Bones
Wednesday, 4 July 2007 12:38 P GMT+08
Sometimes, I get hungry. For many years, I would wander into restaurants and point at random Chinese characters on the menu and wait to see what turned up. Usually it was edible, sometimes delicious. Some things, I still don't know what they were (an
Where the Queen goes for Karaoke?
Sunday, 3 June 2007 10:34 A GMT+08
It is astonishing the things you see while walking around Liuzhou. Yesterday, I passed this karaoke establishment.
Brats' Day
Friday, 1 June 2007 3:57 P GMT+08
I'm keeping a low profile today. Staying at home. It's Children';s Day.I have nothing against children. With a bit of garlic and chilli, they can be quite tasty, although I couldn't eat a whole one.
File that water.
Wednesday, 16 May 2007 1:19 P GMT+08
The locals were given some free entertainment the other day when a water main burst.
Sentry Duck
Wednesday, 16 May 2007 12:58 P GMT+08
Last week, I decided to go for a walk in the countryside on the outskirts of Liuzhou. I'm not sure why.
the jugglers and the clowns
Friday, 4 May 2007 7:43 A GMT+08
I spent most of yesterday in the company of a bumch of clowns. "What's new?" I hear you cry. Well these weren't your regular run of the mill clowns. No siree. These were the real deal.
Clowning About
Wednesday, 2 May 2007 10:05 A GMT+08
Liuzhou's first International Clown Festival is underway.