{"id":806,"date":"2010-10-09T20:22:50","date_gmt":"2010-10-09T12:22:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kerry.net.au\/?p=806"},"modified":"2010-10-09T20:22:50","modified_gmt":"2010-10-09T12:22:50","slug":"guanxi-and-feeding-trees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kerry.net.au\/?p=806","title":{"rendered":"Guanxi and feeding trees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kerry.net.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/026.jpg\"><\/a>Guanxi\u00a0 and feeding trees<\/p>\n<p>A couple of weeks ago I went into the city to collect my new cable, courtesy of the \u201cstudent who knows everything.\u201d\u00a0 If I\u2019d used my guanxi and gone to her immediately I\u2019d have had it long ago.\u00a0 Instead I looked myself and then gave the job to someone who should have been able to manage it but hadn\u2019t.\u00a0 Guanxi is how things happen in China.\u00a0 You need to know people, have connections.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While I was out I noticed that the street opposite my gate was being landscaped and that some of the new mature trees were having a \u201cdrip,\u201d almost like an intravenous infusion where fluid runs directly into the tree\u00a0past the bark.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Some trees in the city area were also receiving a boost.\u00a0\u00a0 There were more flower pots around in the lead up to National Day.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kerry.net.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/020.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-808\" title=\"020\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kerry.net.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/020-183x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"183\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kerry.net.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/020-183x300.jpg 183w, https:\/\/www.kerry.net.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/020.jpg 627w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 183px) 100vw, 183px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trees receiving a quick boost.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kerry.net.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/042.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-809\" title=\"042\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kerry.net.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/042-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kerry.net.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/042-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kerry.net.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/042.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Planting ground cover.\u00a0 The blue in the tree is the feeding bag.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"026\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kerry.net.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/026-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Plant display outside a supermarket and department store.<\/p>\n<p>A new road not too far away was in the final stages of completion.\u00a0 It will have traffic on it long before it is fully accessorized with lights, road markings, signage, trees and plantings.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kerry.net.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/038.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-807\" title=\"038\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kerry.net.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/038-300x186.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kerry.net.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/038-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kerry.net.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/038.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The new road<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guanxi\u00a0 and feeding trees A couple of weeks ago I went into the city to collect my new cable, courtesy of the \u201cstudent who knows everything.\u201d\u00a0 If I\u2019d used my guanxi and gone to her immediately I\u2019d have had it long ago.\u00a0 Instead I looked myself and then gave the job to someone who should 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