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		<title>Travel + Leisure World&#8217;s Best Awards: A note from WildChina Founder</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:39:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mei</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[WildChina Awards]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[2012 Travel + Leisure World's Best]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abujee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China engagement proposals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China Trips of a Lifetime]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jeff Fuchs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Luxury travel in China]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It has been an exciting year for WildChina. In the past 12 months, we pioneered hiking routes in the Abujee region of Tibetan Yunnan with WildChina expert Jeff Fuchs, led our inaugural program, Taiwan Treasures, in Taiwan, and helped to arrange a champagne engagement proposal on top of the Great Wall. &#160; &#160; In our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Impressions from Beijing – 6 experiences that surprised me in China</title>
		<link>http://www.wildchina.com/blog/2011/11/impressions-from-beijing-%e2%80%93-6-experiences-that-surprised-me-in-china/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 01:13:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mei</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News You Can Use]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Zhang Mei]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blue sky Beijing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travel Tips for China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wild China]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[1. Beijing’s got blue sky. Here’s the proof below. &#160; 2. Milk delivery and bill collection. My door bell rang at 5:40am this morning, I stumbled out of bed to peek through the keyhole, aha, it’s the milk delivery man. I opened the door, and said, “That’s an early delivery.”. He said, “yes, but I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Impressions of Beijing, 1</title>
		<link>http://www.wildchina.com/blog/2011/08/impressions-of-beijing-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 03:59:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mei</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[WildChina Announcements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beijing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bishan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Move back to China 2011]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Zhang Mei]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It’s been 2 weeks since I landed in Beijing, with the whole family in tow, pursuing my dream of another startup in the land of opportunities. &#160; Since when, China replaced the United States to be the land of opportunities? I don’t think I am alone with this view.  Someone from Mars Bar candy company [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Family Travel Contest: I is for Spy, T is for Treasure Hunts</title>
		<link>http://www.wildchina.com/blog/2011/04/family-travel-contest-i-is-for-spy-t-is-for-treasure-hunts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2011 03:59:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mei</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Travel Tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[family travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[traveling with kids]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The following is a post from The Perrin Post by Wendy Perrin of Conde Nast Traveler Magazine. WildChina founder Zhang Mei shares tips on traveling with children&#8230; Today&#8217;s tips come from Mei Zhang, mom of three (ages 8, 5, and 2), founder of travel company WildChina, and one of the China experts on my list (updated and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>6 tips for traveling with kids in Asia</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 02:41:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mei</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Travel Tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Condé Nast Traveler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tips from Zhang Mei]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[traveling with kids in Asia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One of the perks of my job is traveling with my kids. Over the years, I've saved up a few tips to share. 1/slow down the pace, give you kids and yourself some downtime. 2/ Hire a guide, who can sometimes double as a sitter. ]]></description>
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		<title>Why do I love traveling?</title>
		<link>http://www.wildchina.com/blog/2011/03/why-do-i-love-traveling/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 20:51:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mei</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[On the Road]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Addiction to travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Zhang Mei]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last night, I heard a good writer David Ignatius articulate the situation in Egypt. That, strangely enough, reminded me of travel, and in particular why I like travel. 
Yes fresh air helps. More importantly, it’s because I put my daily duties of running a business, being a mom on hold. I forgot to fuss over how many people commented on my facebook posting. I stop worrying whether I weighed half a pound more or less than yesterday.]]></description>
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		<title>Wealthy Chinese Table etiquette: Who should order at dinner?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2011 19:26:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mei</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Back in Beijing, I lead a different life. Unlike the steady pace of office/school pickup/homework/dinner/bed routine, Beijing trips often are filled with a frenzy of meetings, lunch and dinner appointments.  This seems to be fitting with the pace of America and China, serves me just fine. Usually, when setting up the appointment, it’s somewhat indicated who 请 whom.  That means who is inviting whom. The Inviting party picks the restaurant and is usually expected to pick up the bill afterwards. It’s considered extremely embarrassing for Chinese to work on splitting the bill after a meal.]]></description>
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		<title>WildChina needs your VOICE!</title>
		<link>http://www.wildchina.com/blog/2011/02/wildchina-needs-your-voice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 03:59:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mei</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[WildChina Announcements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mei Zhang]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travel+Leisure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World's Best Survey 2011]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Friends, Hello from WildChina! Over the past year, I have received numerous e-mails from many of you telling me how WildChina helped you experience a &#8216;real&#8217; China. In particular, I really appreciate that a vast majority of the compliments focused on WildChina&#8217;s human touch and our guides.  Your feedback detailed how our guides often [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WILDCHINA 的旅游精神是从那里来的？</title>
		<link>http://www.wildchina.com/blog/2011/02/from-where-does-the-wildhina-spirit-derive/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Feb 2011 21:35:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mei</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[WildChina on the Web]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[About us]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[昨天跟中国日报英文版的一个编辑作了一个访谈。讲旅游的新趋势，等等。在采访快结束的时候，记者问我什么时候到美国居住的。 “5年”我说；她又接着问，“那以前就没有到过美国吗？”我又加了两年，把以前念书的时间也算上了。 她再次仔细地确认，“那您一共在美国7年？”。 我还在奇怪她为什么对数字那么感兴趣，她就接着说，“那能不能说您作WILDCHINA的旅游观，是受了美国文化影响才形成的？” 这个问题让我非常不高兴。我第一次到中甸是1990年，那时候得从昆明坐两天的公共汽车才到。我住在藏族朋友的家里，自己打车去了纳帕海。那里唯一遇上两个外地人，其中一个是现在蛮有名气的野生动物摄影师奚志农。如果我问奚志农他排野生动物是不是有美国文化的影响，一定得把他也给气晕了。 我不明白，WILDCHINA的精神在于，深度旅游，强调回归自然，强调与当地村民的进距离交流。这不用到美国学习。她问我动力来自那里。 我告诉她，动力来自本身对自然和人文文化的好奇，强烈的求知欲，还有，就是中国传统文化的熏陶。 抬起头看见我办公室墙上挂着的毛笔字，是一首李白的诗 问余何事栖碧山 笑而不答心自闲 桃花流水杳然去 别有天地非人间 这样的修身养性的意境，跟WILDCHINA所追求的意境是非常相似的。追求的是接近自然，欣赏自然，借自然的力量来疗养身心，已达到自身意境的提高。从自然出发，我对旅游的偏好更倾向走访小山村，寻访当地的文化艺人，或者是徒步外人没听说过但当地很有名的寺庙；去这样的地方给我带来的愉悦远远超过到纽约这样的大都市。比如到大理南边的巍宝山，跑到山顶，跟那里的道士一起喝杯道家茶，聊聊天，我觉得那是最幸福不过的一件事。 可能在很大程度上，我对旅游的个人嗜好在WILDCHINA 的基因里。物以类聚，人以群分；自然而然，WILDCHINA吸引了一批对旅游有同样体会和嗜好的客户和员工。 让我困惑的是，为什么这样的旅游方式被诠释为美国进口文化？是从什么时候开始，中国人的旅游等同于旅游大巴，进店，团队自助餐，啤酒可乐瓶子满地，游客吵吵嚷嚷，大大咧咧，走马观花。而WILDCHINA追求的，跟古诗和山水画描述的旅游意境一致的旅游确被视为舶来品？ 我想了半天，想出两个可能，但是，并没能最终解决我的困惑。 1。 我们目前的客户大多是讲英文的外国人。为什么没有中国客户呢？第一，我们的收费高。往往，我们的客人一天的最低收费都在2000人民币左右，而在中国人在国内旅行，自己觉得不用花那么多钱。我们服务的卖点，细致入微的量身定制，我们很环保的操作，带客人去他们自己去不到的地方，请当地知识最丰富的导游或专家作向导， 24小时的服务。 因为有这样的服务，我们的外国客户还真不少，好莱坞巨星罗伯特 德 尼罗， 前任联合国主席科菲 阿南； 还有最近美国脸书facebook 的CEO 马克 撒德波格。但是，在国内旅游提供类似的服务，好像没有什么市场。 为什么呢？首先,国人对高端旅游服务的认可程度尚在初级阶段，往往把旅游和简单的买机票，订酒店联系到一起。愈演愈烈的价格竞争让人忽略了对服务和旅游体验的关注。 一提及旅游，大家往往想到的是去携程网找折扣，那什么都可以预定。 其次，为了凸显个人人际网落，去旅游总是喜欢找关系， 再高端的酒店，或许一个电话找到它的投资人，打个5折，这才显得我的重要性。 第三，时常为了彰显身份，去旅游还不得办个政府接待？动用地方关系，专家，村民表演一应俱全，但往往劳民伤财。WILDCHINA几乎就没有存在的意义。 国内旅游还是处于初级阶段。初级阶段的旅游主要目的还是“某某到此一游” 的精神，图的是名——我去了多少多少地方，以此作为向亲朋好友炫耀的资本。这才导致了一周七国游类似的旅行线路。这个阶段旅游服务需求只是基本的吃饱喝足，最好有朋友一起热热闹闹的。跟徐霞客和李白主张的旅游境界是大相径庭的。 旅游的更高一阶段，就开始追求对旅游目的地的更多了解，放慢旅行的速度。可能出行前还有可能对目的地先研究研究。 最高阶段，才是李白诗里所描述的境界——自身意境的提高。旅行是为了探索心灵的更深处。这时候，往往愿意一个人去徒步环绕岗仁博齐神山，有时间思索。或者是去一个意大利骑自行车，晚上把车子一停，住在一个历史悠久的古堡里，仔细品味葡萄酒。或者，到东非的某个村子里，帮助那里的孩子修修学校。作所有的这一切，都不是作给别人看的， 是为了提高自身。用国内比较难听的话就是，提高自己的素质！ 我期待着更多的中国游者能尽快走上旅游的最高境界。这样别人就不再说WILDCHINA的旅游精神是美国进口的了。]]></description>
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		<title>The Liang Congjie I Know</title>
		<link>http://www.wildchina.com/blog/2010/12/the-liang-congjie-i-know/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 09:53:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mei</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[In the News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China environment]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I didn’t know what to expect at Mr. Liang Congjie’s memorial service, or specifically, how to dress for it. In any event, I put on a full black outfit, a bit on the formal side and found my way through the neighborhood in northern Beijing. There were no Porche or BMWs lining the narrow alleyway, [...]]]></description>
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