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		<title>Beijing Olympics countdown</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 09:12:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Beijing Olympics countdown sign inside Central MTR (underground mass transit rail system) in Hong Kong.]]></description>
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		<title>Translation FAILED!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 08:58:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Irfan Syed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Those of us who have been to China are used to bad Chinese to English translation of signs and menus (done usually online via tools like Babelfish) but this one is hilarious. The translation FAILED and it was printed as is! &#160; via: AdFreak]]></description>
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		<title>Xiamen taxi bill</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 03:11:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the picture of a China taxi meter which we took from Xiamen to Quan Zhou and back. The total bill on meter was about 900 RMB (120 US$) but I took picture of this pattern of 7s. Rarely did I rode a taxi in my life with so high the bill.]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Daughters&#8217; Country&#8221; in Yunnan, China</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2007 15:20:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[China is such a diverse country. I knew it, but once in a while I get to know something that I are awed (literally!). I recently learnt that there is a place in northern corner of Yunnan province, close to Lijiang city which is special in following ways: Lijiang city, 5-hours bus ride from &#8220;Daughters&#8217; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chinese New Year &#8211;  In Rural China</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2007 12:23:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had a fantastic trip to rural China during Chinese New Year with a friend. We made Nanjie in Guangning county, a medium size town 160kms north of Guangzhou, our home base and travelled around the area for 6 days. Though Nanjie is relatively laid back and dirty city, the area around it is a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Largest human migration is happening right now</title>
		<link>http://www.irfansyed.com/2007/02/14/largest-human-migration-is-happening-right-now/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2007 10:29:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Irfan Syed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Largest human migration is happening right now. Also known as Chunyun, it refers to extremly heavy traffic load in China due to mass migration of people before, during and after Chinese New Year. In Chinese culture, it is very important to be with family and have a new year eve dinner on this most important [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Learning Mandarin</title>
		<link>http://www.irfansyed.com/2007/01/15/learning-mandarin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 03:32:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Irfan Syed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Weird as it is but I have lived in Hong Kong for 7 years now and have not managed to learn more than a few words of Cantonese or Mandarin. My life went on pretty well with English, both at work and outside, and I did not really feel a need to learn any Chinese. [...]]]></description>
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