Over the last week at Nanluoguxiang, a team of diggers, brick movers, and electricians have been have been digging, moving brick, and laying down thick electric cables under the latest government project to beautify the hutong area. According to one of the workers, they will finish installing the cables within the week, which which will connect to the many grey electric generator stations installed earlier in the year. These cables and power generator systems will replace the tangled mess of electrical wires currently hanging above Nanluoguxiang via tall concrete poles. The sight of these tangled, suspended electrical wires are, unfortunately, a common sight around Beijing. No later than August 8, 2008, they will be “chai’d” from Nanluoguxiang!
