January 31st, 2012 by Liuzhou Laowai in Liuzhou News, Water Pollution | No Comments »
The usual text messages sent out this morning showed no change to yesterday’s reported cadmium levels in Liuzhou tap water, which remain at 00060mg/l – well below the maximum safety level of 00060mg/l . In the meantime, it has been reported that “seven chemical plants executives who worked in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, including Jinchengjiang [...]
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December 9th, 2011 by Liuzhou Laowai in Food and Drink, Friday Food | 1 Comment »
Friday food is a weekly article about one of the more unusual food items to be found in Liuzhou that week. This week things are getting bloody. You are either going to be delighted or horrified by this one. I don’t know why, but the eating of blood is a divisive issue. No one seems [...]
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December 4th, 2011 by Liuzhou Laowai in Uncategorized | 5 Comments »
Today marks the 7th birthday of this blog. The first entry was made on December 4th 2004 and I never expected it would still be here 7 years and 900 posts later. Thanks to everyone who has been along for even the shortest part of the ride. Also, thanks to everyone who has subscribed, commented [...]
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October 30th, 2011 by Liuzhou Laowai in About Liuzhou, Liuzhou Life, Liuzhou News, Strawberry Fields | 3 Comments »
No I haven’t kicked the proverbial, though there were times I felt like kicking someone. The day got off to a bad start. I dragged myself out of bed after the third “snooze” reset of the alarm to find it was still closer to the time I usually go to bed than to the time [...]
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