I usually have a quick look at the BBC news site’s daily round up of news photos. Not every day but most. Today, Liuzhou turned up. It is a picture of the local constabulary incinerating supposedly confiscated “fake” cigarettes. This is something they do every now and again as a propaganda stunt. Sometimes cigarettes, sometimes [...]
I suggested this as a money making idea several years ago! A villager in Liuzhou’s Liujiang County has opened a private toll road which allows drivers to avoid the official toll. The 5 meter wide, 20 meter long toll cuts across his land bypassing the real toll. Qin Fugui mans the toll with his cousin [...]
This morning, for no particular reason, I found myself wandering down one of my favourite Liuzhou streets. I call it ‘fake street’ but I do know its real name, 光明路 guāng míng lù , an ironic choice for a street which is anything but ’openhearted’ or ‘guileless’, two possible translations. The street runs between Pingshan Avenue [...]
Following on from the sad decline in Liuzhou’s toothpaste industry, as outlined in my last post, and as further evidence that there is little if anything that can’t be faked in China, comes the sorry news that even the toothless are not safe. It appears that the local Food and Drug Administration have discovered and closed down [...]
Google News – Liuzhou