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China covers suicide bridge in "butter," safety margarinally improved

China covers suicide bridge in Sep 16th, 2009 at 9:30AM: Does anyone know when April Fool's Day is celebrated in China? Because if this article isn't a result of some media hoax, then I've got a lot of unanswered questions... According to China Daily & the UK's Metro Newspaper, Government officials in Guangzhou have ordered a 1,000ft long steel bridge to be covered in greasy fat, to prevent people from climbing on the structure. The bridge has a ...

"Bizarre Foods" on the Travel Channel: Season 2, China

Apr 16th, 2008 at 11:35PM: Location: Mostly Guangzhou, China, a city at the mouth of the Pearl River, about 100 miles northwest of Hong Kong. Until the 1980s, this city was called Canton and is the home of Cantonese style food. Because of its location, it's the largest trading post, thus has a vast assortment of things to eat and enormous markets for picking up ingredients. Andrew Zimmern pointed out that it also has the ...

Transportation in China is not for the faint of heart

Transportation in China is not for the faint of heartJan 31st, 2008 at 11:40AM: I was looking the the images and videos from blizzard-crippled China this morning and it made me remember my 2004 trip there. Especially the photos from Guangzhou, China's major southern city... I remember that train station! It was packed with thousands of migrant workers then, so I can't even imagine what it must look like now, after hundreds of thousands of people have been stranded. (See ...

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