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Olympic Model Workers

Friday, 8 August 2008 3:01 P GMT+08
Once again, the good people at Danwei have included this blog on their list of "best blogs about China in English and Chinese to be Model Workers". They clearly have no taste!Thanks again guys!I recommend you go over there and sample some o

Laowai Deported

Sunday, 27 January 2008 4:41 P GMT+08
Liuzhou has won the race to be the first city in China to deport a foreigner this year.

Three Years - No Parole

Tuesday, 4 December 2007 3:25 P GMT+08
Today is the third anniversary of the first post on this blog!

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.

Zhuang Burning-string Therapy

Tuesday, 29 May 2007 5:05 P GMT+08
I have always been fairly cynical about so-called alternative therapies. I like old fashioned drugs thank you very much.

Artificial artifice

Friday, 25 May 2007 10:42 P GMT+08
Let me take you down to Strawberry Fields Nothing is real.

Caving In

Friday, 25 May 2007 12:51 P GMT+08
For the third time in less than a year, the good people of Liuzhou have taken to falling down holes.

A Pushover

Wednesday, 23 May 2007 10:26 A GMT+08
In the centre of the city, there is a building site. Actually the centre of the city is a building site, but I am referring to one particular building.

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.

Yao Minority Folk Singing

Tuesday, 8 May 2007 4:23 P GMT+08
A friend who is of the Yao minority sent me this. I think it's lovely, so I am sharing.

Jiang Bing had a little lamb

Tuesday, 8 May 2007 1:07 P GMT+08
It is good to be good at something. And a man needs a hobby.

The clowns have left, the idiots arrive.

Monday, 7 May 2007 1:10 P GMT+08
I learn from my newspaper that the "[clown] festival, which lasted from May 1 to 7, has attracted more than 300,000 tourists and has generated 500 to 600 million yuan in economic profits. Nionsense!

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.

Happy Birthday Water Truck Evidence

Monday, 30 April 2007 5:59 P GMT+08
It was back in December 2004 that I mentioned the Happy Birthday Water Truck. I'm sure that 90% of people who read that tale were convinced that I was imagining things. So, after years of painstaking investigation, I am happy to provide conclusive ev

Zhuang Dance

Saturday, 28 April 2007 12:51 P GMT+08
Back in 2004, I noticed an advertisement for a traditional dance show of the local Zhuang minority people.

They're at it again!

Friday, 27 April 2007 2:44 P GMT+08
One of the few redeeming features of my banking arrangements was that I seldom had to actually enter the Agricultural Bank where I store my loot. They had a (usually) very efficient and simple to use ATM system. So they changed it.

"Cops a-comin', me a-runnin'."

Monday, 23 April 2007 2:34 P GMT+08
Earlier today, I did what I do most days and walked past this place. It is Liuzhou's city government (and communist party) headquarters. However, it didn't look like this.

The ones that got away

Monday, 23 April 2007 9:55 A GMT+08
When I was a child, I'd occasionally go fishing in a local pond or river. I never caught anything bigger than my my little finger, so I wouldn't describe myself as an expert angler. I do, however, know that these kids are doing it wrong.

General Madness

Sunday, 22 April 2007 12:09 A GMT+08
A couple of Liuzhou related stories have been turning up in all the news feeds over the last few days.

Thunder Crashing

Wednesday, 18 April 2007 7:29 P GMT+08
We had a bit of a thunderstorm storm yesterday.

Patriotic Hygiene

Thursday, 29 March 2007 2:06 P GMT+08
Liuzhou's local authorities have announced that next month, April will be "Patriotic Hygiene Month". Nice to know that they are patriotic and attend to hygiene at least one month out of twelve.

road maps for the soul

Monday, 12 March 2007 1:13 P GMT+08
Some time back, in one of the more obscure corners of the internet, I came across this.

Flash, Bang, Wallop

Sunday, 18 February 2007 8:01 A GMT+08
Well, I survived last night's revelries. They began around 5 pm when my phone rang. "Come immediately!"