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	<title>WildChina Blog &#187; Mei</title>
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		<title>If this is your first and only time to China, where should you go?</title>
		<link>http://www.wildchina.com/blog/2010/07/if-this-is-your-first-and-only-time-to-china-where-should-you-go/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:02:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mei</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[ecotourism China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hiking in Yunnan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mei Zhang]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A twitter post responding to a WildChina tweet prompted this blog piece. @Chinaandbeyond said: &#8220;I would trade Yunnan for Gansu or Sichuan, personally RT @WildChina: First and only time to China? This is The Trip: http://bit.ly/csCDGq.&#8221; Let me decipher this for those who don’t tweet: WildChina recommended a trip that goes to Beijing, Xi’an, Yunnan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Travels that changed one’s life</title>
		<link>http://www.wildchina.com/blog/2010/07/travels-that-changed-ones-life/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 07:31:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mei</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[In the News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WildChina Experts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[adventure travel China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Best China Tour Operator]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China family tour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chinese architecture tour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Condé Nast Traveler]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[ethnic festivals in China]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[hiking in China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mei Zhang]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[private tours to china]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Songtsam Lodge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[travel in China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WildChina]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I was munching on my chicken salad sandwich when my colleague popped into my office, “ Oh, sorry. Here you go. Conde Nast Traveler Magazine issue you’ve been waiting for!”. I probably didn’t look my best in my small office in an old house on East West Highway.  At least, the munching image didn’t quite [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What does one do with a brick of tea?</title>
		<link>http://www.wildchina.com/blog/2010/07/what-does-one-do-with-a-brick-of-tea/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wildchina.com/blog/2010/07/what-does-one-do-with-a-brick-of-tea/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 05:03:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mei</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News You Can Use]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China family tour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chinese tea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[educational travel China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[family trip to China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeff Fuchs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mei Zhang]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tea and Horse Road]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[You know what I am talking about – that brick or disc of tea in the velvet box! What do you do with it? A few years ago, we were living in LA. My dear father came from Yunnan to stay with us in America for the first time. He brought a few bricks of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is it OK to call your tour operator at 3:30 am?</title>
		<link>http://www.wildchina.com/blog/2010/07/is-it-ok-to-call-your-travel-agent-at-330-am/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wildchina.com/blog/2010/07/is-it-ok-to-call-your-travel-agent-at-330-am/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 02:02:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mei</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News You Can Use]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China's best tour operator]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[commitment to excellence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Customized tours to China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mei Zhang]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[travel in China]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Absolutely NOT,” is my immediate answer. But, we just did. A travel agent called WildChina’s US office at 3:30 pm EDT, which makes it exactly 3:30 am in the middle of the night in Beijing, to tell us that her client just notified her that her flight from Guilin to Beijing was delayed from midnight, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wedding Hike</title>
		<link>http://www.wildchina.com/blog/2010/07/wedding-hike/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wildchina.com/blog/2010/07/wedding-hike/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 03:37:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mei</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[On the Road]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[adventure travel China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China weddings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cross-cultural wedding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hiking in Yunnan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mei Zhang]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[travel in China]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Yunnan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yunnan hiking]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For those of us with cross-border marriages, it often involves two weddings to cater to family and friends on each side. My husband and I had gotten married a year earlier in the States, but my grandma wouldn’t take the paper issued by some foreign government as my marriage certificate. It had to be done [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why do the Chinese love obedient children?</title>
		<link>http://www.wildchina.com/blog/2010/07/why-do-the-chinese-love-obedient-children/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wildchina.com/blog/2010/07/why-do-the-chinese-love-obedient-children/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 03:01:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mei</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News You Can Use]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cultural differences]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[family travel China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[luxury family travel China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mei Zhang]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[travel in China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[travel to china with kids]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A very happy client of WildChina sent in a quick note to thank us the other day. It read, “I just wanted to let you both know we are having a great trip here in China. It is a beautiful country with incredible sights and history. All of the people we have met have been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New &#8216;Karate Kid&#8217; showcases beautiful parts of China</title>
		<link>http://www.wildchina.com/blog/2010/07/new-karate-kid-showcases-beautiful-parts-of-china/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wildchina.com/blog/2010/07/new-karate-kid-showcases-beautiful-parts-of-china/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 02:53:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mei</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News You Can Use]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beijing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dali]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[family trip to China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Forbidden City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Great Wall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Great wall experience]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[train travel China]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Wudang Mountain]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The movie critics don’t seem to think that highly of the new Karate Kid film, but I had a great time watching it with my 7-year-old son. It’s one of the few kid movies that I sat through without falling asleep in the middle, which unfortunately was the case with the fantastic Toy Story 3! [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lonely Planet’s China Guide: Good-looking, but mediocre</title>
		<link>http://www.wildchina.com/blog/2010/07/lonely-planet-china-guide-good-looking-but-mediocre/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wildchina.com/blog/2010/07/lonely-planet-china-guide-good-looking-but-mediocre/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 08:26:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mei</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News You Can Use]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[adventure travel China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China guidebook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China World Hotel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GL Cafe Restaurant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grand Hyatt Beijing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Great Wall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lonely Planet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Made in China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mei Zhang]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mt. Kawagebo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[St. Regis Beijing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sustainable travel in China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sustainable travel to Yunnan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Terracotta Warriors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Forbidden City]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Opposite House]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[travel in China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WildChina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Xi'an]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I was very impressed by the beginning of the Lonely Planet China Guide book. “The Best of China” page offered a quick summary of the classic highlights of the country that one should never miss – The Forbidden City and the Great Wall of Beijing, the Terracotta Warriors of Xi’an, etc. The photos are beautiful. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are taiqi and fan-making lessons tourist traps?</title>
		<link>http://www.wildchina.com/blog/2010/07/are-taiqi-and-fan-making-lessons-tourist-traps/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wildchina.com/blog/2010/07/are-taiqi-and-fan-making-lessons-tourist-traps/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 07:43:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mei</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travel Tips]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WildChina Experts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China tourism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chinese Treasures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Classic China trip]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[off the beaten path China tours]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I saw a client email to my staff another day, requesting a series of changes to the itineraries we proposed. The client&#8217;s email read: 1. There is a scheduled visit to the Temple of Heaven in the morning of the 3rd day, and it says learning Taiqi from a master. Please delete that, we are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TIES and Tourism in China: Why I&#8217;m proud to be a new Advisory Board member</title>
		<link>http://www.wildchina.com/blog/2010/06/ties-and-chinese-tourism-in-china-why-im-proud-to-be-a-new-advisory-board-member/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wildchina.com/blog/2010/06/ties-and-chinese-tourism-in-china-why-im-proud-to-be-a-new-advisory-board-member/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 16:23:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mei</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[In the News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WildChina Experts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mei Zhang]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[off the beaten path travel China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The International Ecotourism Society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TIES]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tourism in China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[travel in China]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[During my recent trip to China, I was hosted by the authorities of one of China&#8217;s largest scenic parks, which I won&#8217;t identify by name as I believe this is representative of all of China. The dinner was over the top, with exquisite dishes, and camera was rolling, documenting our discussion on the scenic park&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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