I had the same thing in my house. I had a plumber come over and he diagnosed:
1 the toilet wasn't affixed properly to the floor
2 the toilet's pipe didn't properly cover the sewer drain
3 the silicon sealing was leaking
So for 90 RMB he took off the toilet, and I saw a huge pile of black smudge lying underneath it that was giving off a vile smell. He then proceeded to fiddle with the pipe and a wax ring that would make it connect to the sewer drain, bolted the toilet to the floor and then redid the silicon sealing.
The only smell that's left now is a weird dusty smell if I've left the windows closed for a day and whose origin I cannot locate.
Dragon Boat Festival
发布者you'll make a fortune cookie.
Dragon Boat Festival
发布者Thanks for this. I always wondered what could possibly connect the ferocious paddling with triangular snacks. And was obviously too lazy to look it up for myself.
Interview: Environmentalist Li Yuan
发布者And on not wasting water: get rid of Taiyangneng. The amount of water you waste while waiting for it to warm up is simply silly.
Hiking from Daju to Lugu Lake, part 1
发布者I recently undertook a bike trip to 'Big Tool' and put some pictures up of the same valley. It's amazing how dreamy it is.
Check them out (especially the gallery at the end):
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Later, I heard that Daju used to be quite busy but the requirement to pay 200 RMB per person to simply use the road next to Yulong reduced the influx of tourists to a trickle. There is still an establishment rocking a "Best restaurant in all of China" sign, it seems to be mostly used for playing Mahjong as was the hotel we were staying in. Surprising they weren't out of business yet.
The next day we crossed the Yangtze and mounted on the other side. This also yields interesting pictures of Daju.
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Chinese academic ponders globe-spanning railways
发布者No country will be very happy to allow an increasingly militaristic China to build tracks that could one day roll an entire regiment to their doorstep. Not going to happen.