{"id":56,"date":"2002-05-27T06:47:00","date_gmt":"2002-05-27T05:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2002\/blog\/?p=56"},"modified":"2012-12-13T12:51:09","modified_gmt":"2012-12-13T12:51:09","slug":"mao-say-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2002\/blog\/2002\/05\/27\/mao-say-do\/","title":{"rendered":"Mao Say Do"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theball.tv\/common\/images\/2002\/china\/beijing\/no_mao.jpg\" alt=\"The Ball takes over the Square\" style=\"width: 320px;height: 240px\" \/><br \/>\nThe Ball takes over the Square<\/p>\n<p>The Ball found a quick visit to Tianamen Square irresistable, though it seemed like a place in which it would not be made welcome, despite China&#8217;s qualification for the World Cup finals for the first time this year. It decided to head onwards very quickly&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"sofvm_embed alignnone\"><div class=\"sofvm_video\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Xian, Beijing, Weihai, Korea\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KyYrgiDbMPo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n<p>The Ball bounces from Xian through Tiananmen Square to the Chinese coast and onwards to Korea.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sofvm_video_post_link\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/theball.tv\/2002\/videos\/xian-beijing-weihai-korea\/#respond\">Comment on this video<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<p>However, before it could roll onwards, the intrepid travellers conceded a goal to time in Beijing&#8230; the Forbidden City was forbidden by time-constraints as we struggled to arrange the final leg of our journey by surface, photocopying, typing letters, visiting embassies and writing emails. We got our trip description translated into Korean, and wondered what on earth it now says &#8211; it&#8217;s been &#8220;Chinese whispered&#8221; from English through Russian and Chinese into Korean. Well, here it is&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theball.tv\/common\/images\/2002\/korea\/kor_trip_descrip.jpg\" style=\"width: 320px;height: 534px\" alt=\"Korean Trip Description\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theball.tv\/common\/images\/2002\/china\/beijing\/no_mao.jpg\" alt=\"The Ball takes over the Square\" style=\"width: 320px;height: 240px\" \/><br \/>\nThe Ball takes over the Square<\/p>\n<p>The Ball found a quick visit to Tianamen Square irresistable, though it seemed like a place in which it would not be made welcome, despite China&#8217;s qualification for the World Cup finals for the first time this year. It decided to head onwards very quickly&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>However, before it could roll onwards, the intrepid travellers conceded a goal to time in Beijing&#8230; the Forbidden City was forbidden by time-constraints as we struggled to arrange the final leg of our journey by surface, photocopying, typing letters, visiting embassies and writing emails. We got our trip description translated into Korean, and wondered what on earth it now says &#8211; it&#8217;s been &#8220;Chinese whispered&#8221; from English through Russian and Chinese into Korean. 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