Off to Lijiang for a few days with my visiting family so my life is a Xinhua-free zone for a week or so. Due to my dear mother’s dislike of blade-slashing maniacs I have imposed a news black-out regarding Sunday’s shenanigans when a tour guide spontaneously stabbed 20 people in the middle of the old town. I will be sure to quiz Lijiangers about possible motives for the attack (out of earshot of the folks of course) as the best the police have come up with so far is that the tour guide had “an unhappy childhood”. Must remember to tear out that dangers and annoyances section from the Lonely Planet that talks about daylight muggings in Lijiang’s Black Dragon Pool Park. There’s a lot to be said for this censorship malarkey.
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