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	<title>WildChina Blog &#187; Environment</title>
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		<title>Traveler&#8217;s Voice: Can golden snub-nosed monkeys read?</title>
		<link>http://www.wildchina.com/blog/2011/11/travelers-voice-golden-snub-nosed-monkeys-with-wildchina/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 09:48:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adventure Travel in China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Educational travel in China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Exclusive Access China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dapingyu Nature Reserve]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foping Nature Reserve in Xi'an]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Golden Snub-Nosed Monkeys]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This note was written by An Zhenyi (Ann), a WildChina  tour leader &#38; travel consultant who recently traveled to Dapingyu Nature Reserve to observe China&#8217;s golden snub-nosed monkeys. &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- In October, I assisted in leading a WildChina nature photography tour for Dutch clients.  Our journey took us to the nature reserves of Yunnan as well [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Impressions from Beijing – 6 experiences that surprised me in China</title>
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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>WildChina Chats with China&#8217;s Leading Nature Photographer</title>
		<link>http://www.wildchina.com/blog/2011/11/wildchina-chats-with-chinas-leading-nature-photographer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 05:53:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>WildChina</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WildChina Experts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nature reserves in China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pandas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[photography in China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sichuan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WildChina]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Late last month, WildChina sat down with nature photographer Mr. Xiang Dingqian, a native of Qinling, who recently exhibited his work at The National Art Museum in Beijing.  His powerful images of wildlife&#8211; both vivid and lively&#8211;showcase rare animals in their natural habitat.  At WildChina, we sat down with Dingqian to get to know the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UNESCO and World Bank Expand Partnership</title>
		<link>http://www.wildchina.com/blog/2011/07/unesco-and-world-bank-expand-partnership/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wildchina.com/blog/2011/07/unesco-and-world-bank-expand-partnership/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 09:11:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>WildChina</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[In the News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sustainable Travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WildChina Featured Journey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UNESCO World Heritage Sites]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Out of 936 UNESCO World Heritage Sites, a whopping 41 are located in China (the third-highest number of UNESCO properties out of all other nations, behind only Spain and Italy). For this reason, the conservation of these properties is of extreme importance. Thankfully, the newly signed set of concrete joint initiatives from the Memorandum of Understanding [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Train Connects China&#8217;s Wild West</title>
		<link>http://www.wildchina.com/blog/2011/07/new-train-connects-chinas-wild-west/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wildchina.com/blog/2011/07/new-train-connects-chinas-wild-west/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 15:52:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>WildChina</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Educational travel in China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[In the News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News You Can Use]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[photgraphy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[photo expedition in Xinjiang]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sean Gallagher]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Traveling China&#8217;s ancient Silk Road in Xinjiang just became much easier thanks to the opening of a new passenger train that connects Hotan (in Southern Xinjiang), Kashgar (located near the borders of Kyrgyzstan &#38; Tajikistan), and Urumqi (the capital of the region). Covering railway spanning 2,073 km, the journey from Hotan to Urumqi takes approximately 35 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A glimmer of hope in changing attitudes about shark fin soup</title>
		<link>http://www.wildchina.com/blog/2011/05/a-glimmer-of-hope-in-changing-attitudes-about-shark-fin-soup/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wildchina.com/blog/2011/05/a-glimmer-of-hope-in-changing-attitudes-about-shark-fin-soup/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2011 15:22:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>WildChina</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[plankton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shark fin soup]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sharks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sustainability]]></category>

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		<title>A hiker’s China dream: The trails of Huangshan and Jiuzhaigou</title>
		<link>http://www.wildchina.com/blog/2011/04/a-hikers-china-dream-the-trails-of-huangshan-and-jiuzhaigou/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wildchina.com/blog/2011/04/a-hikers-china-dream-the-trails-of-huangshan-and-jiuzhaigou/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 03:59:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>WildChina</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WildChina Announcements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chengdu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hongcun]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Huangshan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jiuzhaigou]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pete Devine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Xihai Grand Canyon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yellow Mountain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yosemite National Park]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For many people, travel is a great excuse to be lazy and pampered, but for others of us, it’s a perfect opportunity to not only to get a little exercise but to do so among some of the world’s most stunning scenery and unique cultures. We designed our Yosemite Sister Parks in China journey with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Behind the scenes at China&#8217;s largest seedbank</title>
		<link>http://www.wildchina.com/blog/2011/04/behind-the-scenes-at-chinas-largest-seedbank/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wildchina.com/blog/2011/04/behind-the-scenes-at-chinas-largest-seedbank/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 14:49:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>WildChina</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[On the Road]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kunming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Seed Cathedral]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From the giant panda to the spotted owl, rare and endangered animals have long been effective symbols used to promote conservation around the world. Despite plants being the foundation of the food chain as well as consumers of carbon dioxide and producers of oxygen, they just don&#8217;t catch the human imagination the way that animals [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wildlife tourism &amp; visitor expectations in Changqing: Balancing the needs between people &amp; animals</title>
		<link>http://www.wildchina.com/blog/2011/04/wildlife-tourism-visitor-expectations-in-changqing-balancing-the-needs-between-people-animals/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wildchina.com/blog/2011/04/wildlife-tourism-visitor-expectations-in-changqing-balancing-the-needs-between-people-animals/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2011 11:59:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wayne Purcell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Changqing Nature Reserve]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Giant pandas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pandas in China]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[‘Ah, we were so close today’.  After 11 days of hiking in Changqing National Nature Reserve our American visitor, Chris, finally got to see a wild giant panda, but it was very fleeting.  With only a blurry photo through thick bamboo as a record, it almost doesn’t count for Chris.  Wildlife watching and photography is a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chinese entrepreneurs lead the way in environmental philanthropy</title>
		<link>http://www.wildchina.com/blog/2011/03/chinese-entrepreneurs-lead-the-way-in-environmental-philanthropy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wildchina.com/blog/2011/03/chinese-entrepreneurs-lead-the-way-in-environmental-philanthropy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 08:55:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>WildChina</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conservation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NGOs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pingwu County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sichuan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sichuan Nature Protection Fund]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Not content to be leaders only in the business world, 16 Chinese entrepreneurs are also leaping to the vanguard of China&#8217;s environmental movement with plans to together create a generously-funded new private conservation fund. The lack of government involvement in the proposed fund breaks with a tradition in China of government-run conservation initiatives, and could [...]]]></description>
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