In 1975 the state decreed that the Mfengu were really Xhosa, and that their traditional homeland was 300 miles away, in a Xhosa pseudostate called Ciskei.

Wall, be that as it may, ol' Hosshead was a purty good citizen in his day, an' he shore did make Juneybell toe the mark.

Nearly a decade on from its humiliation, Linfen is even trying to reinvent itself as a green city. Yang claimed solar energy had been introduced in hotels, guesthouses and “many households”—including his own. Small wind farms are planned for Linfen’s Puxian and Guxian counties. Some former factory owners have even branched out into “green landscaping.” Last year a seven-mile-long park opened on the banks of the River Fen, which flows through Linfen.]

For a few moments the events of the day floated in disastrous pageant through my brain, till sleep bathed it in forgetfulness […]