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		<title>Technorati test 2 &#8211; the comeback (hopefully)</title>
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		<title>China: Inside and Out</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[To mark the start of the Chinese New Year, and the run up to the Beijing Olympics, I am relaunching this blog!  I will include posts for my whole trip, and I am renaming it, &#8220;China: Inside and Out&#8221;.   Please come and visit me at: chinainside.wordpress.com<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chinafirsthand.wordpress.com&amp;blog=329794&amp;post=169&amp;subd=chinafirsthand&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Overview</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Mar 2006 00:23:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Week 1: Adapting Week 2: Settling Week 3: Obvious Differences Week 4: Social Norms Week 5: Me Again This blog is about half way through. I will publish the rest when I next have time. This includes all the tourist stuff! I will still be responding to comments so feel free to contribute. I hope [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chinafirsthand.wordpress.com&amp;blog=329794&amp;post=168&amp;subd=chinafirsthand&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Food, Glorious Food!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Mar 2006 00:13:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Tune In</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Mar 2006 23:53:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Chinese people love karaoke.  Today my friend got off work early so we went to do Chinese karaoke.  I loved it!  Another thing we should have here!  And I have to tell you &#8211; I’ve always been more a rock chic, despising all pop fans. …But Chinese pop songs are pretty good!   In [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chinafirsthand.wordpress.com&amp;blog=329794&amp;post=166&amp;subd=chinafirsthand&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Learning To Talk</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Mar 2006 14:12:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; They say the best place to learn a language is to be surrounded by it. Well I’ve been here a month now. I’m not so sure&#8230; &#160; Within a foreign country, you can spend all day listening to conversations to try to follow it, or at least recognise words you know. However, with a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chinafirsthand.wordpress.com&amp;blog=329794&amp;post=160&amp;subd=chinafirsthand&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>War and Beauty</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2006 14:03:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Today I saw my first episode of a fantastic drama! The literal translation is War and Beauty, and it is based around the historic world of the Chinese court. Everyone is fighting for power &#8211; but it is the subtle and ingenious ways they do this that is so intriguing. Within the setting, these [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chinafirsthand.wordpress.com&amp;blog=329794&amp;post=158&amp;subd=chinafirsthand&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Location, Location, Location!</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; One morning the TV was running in-depth political analysis previewing a meeting that would take place that day. It was quite a big deal – all the various decision-makers for China were having their annual gathering and live cameras were ready to record their arrival. Later that day I was walking to the underground [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chinafirsthand.wordpress.com&amp;blog=329794&amp;post=157&amp;subd=chinafirsthand&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Health and Chatter &#8211; the finer points of life</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; I like to exercise regularly and today I went to a gym with my friend.  The Chinese put us to shame when it comes to health.  Chinese children are tested on physical fitness – and the level they are expected to reach is higher than I’ve managed in my life! &#160; You can tell [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=chinafirsthand.wordpress.com&amp;blog=329794&amp;post=155&amp;subd=chinafirsthand&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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