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		<title>The Currency Debate</title>
		<link>http://thinkchina.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/the-currency-debate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:53:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am getting quite confused by the currency manipulation discussion surround the Chinese RMB.  Today, Nobel Laureate Krugman came up with this piece in the NY Times. 
I read it once, twice, thrice.  But I think I am missing his point still.  Here&#8217;s where I think his logic lies.  Exchange rate is determined by supply and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thinkchina.wordpress.com&blog=1086355&post=416&subd=thinkchina&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>TAP: The Sweets</title>
		<link>http://thinkchina.wordpress.com/2009/10/19/tap-the-sweets/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:03:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I must confess that I have never liked traditional Chinese desserts.  Where is the chocolate?
While americanized chinese restaurants usually distribute oranges and fortune cookies (a US invention) at the end of your greasy meal, the traditional chinese desserts are in the form of a hot pudding or hot sweet soup.  I tend to think of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thinkchina.wordpress.com&blog=1086355&post=414&subd=thinkchina&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Celebration of communist party rule</title>
		<link>http://thinkchina.wordpress.com/2009/10/01/celebration-of-communist-party-rule/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:37:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Annette</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Too complex of a topic to blog about, so&#8230;  let&#8217;s go to the pictures. 








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			<media:title type="html">Participants dance with fans during a massive parade to mark the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">The phalanx of national flag receives inspection in a parade of the celebrations for the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, on Chang'an Street in central Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 1, 2009. (Xinhua/Yang Lei)</media:title>
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		<title>TAP: Fishballs</title>
		<link>http://thinkchina.wordpress.com/2009/09/30/tap-fishballs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:32:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Annette</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Think of fishballs as the equivalent of meatballs.  Just substitute your beef/pork/chicken with fish.  The same way meatballs are made with mystery meat some times, fishballs are made with mystery fish.  It&#8217;s all pulverized so it really doesn&#8217;t matter as much.
Fishballs are served in several ways.  The most popular is fishballs in noodle soups.  Then [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thinkchina.wordpress.com&blog=1086355&post=402&subd=thinkchina&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Engineers running a country</title>
		<link>http://thinkchina.wordpress.com/2009/09/29/engineers-running-a-country/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:03:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Annette</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[With all the news about the 60th celebration, everyone, including Scott Adams has China on his mind.  His latest blog post is rather thought-provoking.  An excerpt below:
The bad news for China is that their up-and-coming leaders have backgrounds in law, economics, and history. In time, the lawyers will start passing lots of laws that individually [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thinkchina.wordpress.com&blog=1086355&post=400&subd=thinkchina&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Yahoo! and Alibaba &#8211; Tale of two companies</title>
		<link>http://thinkchina.wordpress.com/2009/09/18/yahoo-and-alibaba-tale-of-two-companies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:11:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Annette</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Yahoo&#8217;s perspective
The Deal:
Under the terms of the agreement, Yahoo! will contribute its Yahoo! China business to Alibaba.com and the two companies will work together in an exclusive partnership to grow the Yahoo! brand in China. (Yahoo press release in 2005)
CEO Bartz:
&#8230;  she disliked how the Yahoo brand was being treated in China, according to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thinkchina.wordpress.com&blog=1086355&post=394&subd=thinkchina&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Asian Palette (TAP): Hong Kong Style Milk Tea</title>
		<link>http://thinkchina.wordpress.com/2009/08/31/the-asian-palette-tap-hong-kong-style-milk-tea/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:46:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Annette</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have an Asian Palette.  I am not sure how one defines it, but for me, it means a rice-based diet, cooked vegetables, soy sauce and anti-butter.  I&#8217;m quite sure this is not the definition of asian palette, btw.
I thought I will write about some food/drinks which are generally not western-palette friendly.  Not yet, anyways.  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thinkchina.wordpress.com&blog=1086355&post=384&subd=thinkchina&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Rio Tinto Debacle</title>
		<link>http://thinkchina.wordpress.com/2009/08/27/the-rio-tinto-debacle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:15:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Annette</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is something about the Rio Tinto case that has been bothering me.   Perhaps it is because I cannot quite form an opinion on it &#8211; one one hand, I am appalled by the due process of the legal proceedings.  Where the accused employees were held without charge for 5 weeks, and without right to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thinkchina.wordpress.com&blog=1086355&post=379&subd=thinkchina&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Chimerica</title>
		<link>http://thinkchina.wordpress.com/2009/08/13/chimerica/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 21:35:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Annette</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Christopher Clarke wrote a very nice piece published in the Yale Global Online titled: US-China Duopoly Is a Pipedream. 
Here&#8217;s the exerpt and the jist:
In short, Sino-American economic symbiosis has come to look more like a mutual death grip in which neither side dares make a precipitous move for fear of going over the cliff with [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thinkchina.wordpress.com&blog=1086355&post=376&subd=thinkchina&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Discovery on Baidu</title>
		<link>http://thinkchina.wordpress.com/2009/08/12/discovery-on-baidu/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 19:11:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Annette</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Discovery Channel recently partnered with Baidu and launched a website targeting Chinese audience.  The site hosts a selected number of Discovery shows, with Chinese subtitles.  My first impression from watching a couple of clips is that it can probably double as an English learning tool!
I&#8217;m excited to see this for a number of reasons.  Firstly, I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thinkchina.wordpress.com&blog=1086355&post=374&subd=thinkchina&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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