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Michael Woodhead @michaelwood8.bsky.social · 13h

Got a bit lost trying to to cycle down the Li River from Guilin to Yangshuo. Made the mistake of taking the back roads through (up!) the hills instead of the main highway. Had to turn back 😫

Michael Woodhead @michaelwood8.bsky.social · 18h

There’s a good cycle path down the eastern side of the Li River

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Michael Woodhead @michaelwood8.bsky.social · 19h

Weather a bit grey as I start the Guilin - Yangshuo #bike ride along the Li River #cycling #China

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Michael Woodhead @michaelwood8.bsky.social · 21h

Carlos & Jennifer from Valencia are riding a tandem from Sichuan to Singapore. I heard rumours about a couple of foreign cyclists when on the remote road from Guiyang to Guilin & we bumped in them on the street yesterday. So we took them out for dinner to show them a few local specialities.

Michael Woodhead @michaelwood8.bsky.social · 23h

Echoes of John Friedrich and the National Safety Council en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fr...

John Friedrich (fraudster) - Wikipedia

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Michael Woodhead @michaelwood8.bsky.social · 1d

It was better than the usual museums that have orthodox Party/nationalist narratives. Surprisingly positive and respectful pro-US displays. And interesting collection of artifacts and photos if you’re a WW2/CBI history buff

Michael Woodhead @michaelwood8.bsky.social · 1d

On the runway of the former US Air Force base, Guilin youtu.be/a8h6pLd3NzY?...

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Michael Woodhead @michaelwood8.bsky.social · 1d

Ironic that the Flying Tigers memorial is dedicated to ‘when the US united with China to defeat fascism and militarism’. Now being anti fascist in the US is to be an enemy of the state

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Michael Woodhead @michaelwood8.bsky.social · 1d

There can’t be many places in China where the #Taiwan flag is on proud display but it can be seen (in the form
If the old Republic of China emblem) here at the Flying Tigers Memorial Hall on the site of the former US Airforce Base in Guilin. The displays are also effusively pro US Air Force

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Michael Woodhead @michaelwood8.bsky.social · 1d

Cycling round our old haunts in Guilin

Michael Woodhead @michaelwood8.bsky.social · 1d

Will be leaving the e-bike here in Guilin for a while. Storing in sister in laws garage until the next long distance trip. I now have a total of 4 bikes here.

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Michael Woodhead @michaelwood8.bsky.social · 1d

Another clip from our recent drive up to revisit the mountain village of Mundon. Last time (2009) went by horse.

Michael Woodhead @michaelwood8.bsky.social · 2d

Just finished the amazing book by Debsey Wykes- Teenage Daydream: We are the Girls Who Play in a Band. The story of Dolly Mixture. Full of great details and she writes so well (funny and sympathetically) about the music scene of the early 80s.

Michael Daly @michaeldaly64.bsky.social · Sep 20

1979, Hope and Anchor, London. Debsey Wykes of Dolly Mixture chills out📸Rich Gunter

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Michael Woodhead @michaelwood8.bsky.social · 2d

I try all the different varieties- only 8 kuai

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Michael Woodhead @michaelwood8.bsky.social · 2d

Guilin is famous for its rice noodles. 桂林米粉 Guilin mifen

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Michael Woodhead @michaelwood8.bsky.social · 3d

Day off in #Guilin #cycling #China

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Michael Woodhead @michaelwood8.bsky.social · 4d

The local Chinese shopping centre appeared to be a NYT style ghost mall until I popped in on Saturday evening at 8.30pm to buy some bits. Heaving

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Michael Woodhead @michaelwood8.bsky.social · 4d

Downloading clips from our trip 2 weeks ago at Gongga Shan

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Hardeep Matharu @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social · 5d

Given how much the China spy case has dominated headlines, it really does beg the question: why is our political-media class so uninterested in Nathan Gill, his Russian bribes, his once close associate Nigel Farage, and Reform UK?

Our new Byline Times edition investigates what the media won't 👇

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Michael Woodhead @michaelwood8.bsky.social · 5d

Reunited with my better half at the family home in Guilin

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Michael Woodhead @michaelwood8.bsky.social · 5d

Made it Guilin. Karst country. 1000km from Chengdu via Guizhou.

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 5d

Not sure anything could be as embarrassing. Top work by US correspondent Cameron Stewart!

CAMERON WILSON @cameronwilson.bsky.social · 5d

A reporter from the Australian is one of the group of signatories to the Pentagon's new press corps rules which prompted a universal walk-out from credible news outlets.

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Michael Woodhead @michaelwood8.bsky.social · 5d

Last day on the road to Guilin, near Longsheng #China #cycling #bike

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Michael Woodhead @michaelwood8.bsky.social · 5d

The road to Longsheng, near Guilin #China

Michael Woodhead @michaelwood8.bsky.social · 5d

“Britain, (does) not know how to answer the China question. The idea that it will be solved by putting low-grade MPs’ staffers on trial and attacking the Prime Minister by smearing his highly qualified Chief of Staff will only make officials in Beijing smile” www.thearticle.com/chinese-spie...

Chinese spies: a storm in a bowl of Chow Mein | TheArticle

The row over Chinese spying is reaching proportions of an Evelyn Waugh (or perhaps today a Mick Herron) comic novel. ...

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