{"id":2160,"date":"2013-08-12T09:30:42","date_gmt":"2013-08-12T01:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=2160"},"modified":"2013-08-09T23:54:15","modified_gmt":"2013-08-09T15:54:15","slug":"liao-yiwu-on-bbc-world-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=2160","title":{"rendered":"Liao Yiwu on BBC World Service"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A BBC feature on Liao Yiwu \u5ed6\u4ea6\u6b66, along with commentary by Michael Day. Click on the image to listen to the broadcast.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A BBC feature on Liao Yiwu \u5ed6\u4ea6\u6b66, along with commentary by Michael Day. 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