Photos: …..on my way to the DVD shop there seems to be a strange absence of street vendors. The usual tangle of little food stall near the Electronic market just isn't there. The DVD shop, & another nearby, is locked & shuttered. On the way teams of red capped volunteers are observing traffic while at EACH junction up to half a dozen police are on duty, ensuring traffic is travelling in the right direction &, (an unheard of invasion of basic rights), ensuring that no one crosses the white line before the light turns green. The internet is at times running like dialup on Valium & certain sites, (say Google, Australia, which I use for searching), will often automatically revert to a screen in Chinese. Fighter jets make occasional passes over the city..... …..what was all
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