Liuzhou Laowai

Random thoughts on life in Liuzhou, Guangxi, China

Posts Tagged ‘earthquake’

Quaking Frogs

Now that the locals have recovered from their insane salt buying, they have now taken up a new form of panicking. They have recently discovered a lot of what they took to be adult frogs carrying young frogs on their backs. "This is obviously a sign that an earthquake is coming," they deduced. "The frogs [...]

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Salt in the Wound

With Japan seemingly heading towards a literal meltdown, the good old Chinese population are reaching for their wallets and seeking to protect themselves from some imagined radiation threat by panic buying… Iodine tablets? No. Fallout shelters? No. Table salt. Yes, you read that correctly. Table salt. All across China people have been buying it like it's going [...]

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