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It's impossible for pedestrians walking along one side of Wulumuqi Rd S near the T-section with Dong Ping Rd to use the footpath (sidewalk/ pavement) because it is fenced off to accommodate a guard post for the American consulate. Every time I have been there, including last night, the pedestrian thoroughfare on the opposite side of the road, outside the Bulldog pub, has also been blocked by a flash car parked on the footpath. Last night, accessibility was made even more difficult, and pedestrian safety further compromised, by another car parked across the zebra crossing. I asked the driver, who was nonchalantly leaning against his vehicle, whether this was legal in China, and he said: "Yeah." Of course, I could have checked this matter with the police officers who were hanging about just 100 metres or so up the road, but I suspect they would have done nothing. Their car was parked smack on the corner of Wulumumqi and Tao Jiang Rds, creating a traffic hazard of its own.