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		<title>Towards a More Perfect Blog</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Many of you who read our blog here have noticed the break in postings over the last few weeks. We have gone through some transitions here in our office and will be going through a few more over the next couple of weeks.
First, the members of our awesome writing team are going their own separate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Around the World in Fifty-Four Years</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Past and Present Hollywood Stereotypes and Archetypes of China

There is no more affectionate across-the-board satire as in the 1956 "Around the World in Eighty Days" adaptation, but it is clear from the consistent and uniform depictions of today’s screenwriters that the Westerner portrayed in the recent film has lost all relevance in today’s world. 
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		<link>http://www.guanximaster.com/chinese-media/573/around-the-world-in-fifty-four-years/</link>
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		<title>The People Who Love to Laugh</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Understanding the Chinese sense of humour

One of the big differences between Chinese and Western culture is in humour. Growing up in Australia, I sometimes struggled to understand why my aunts and uncles all thought a joke was so funny. Their particular way of telling the tale, repetitiously laboring the punch lines, irritated me. And they were vastly entertained by stories that I found not even slightly amusing. However, in my English education, I had failed to learn the Chinese sense of humour… and the deep reflection of Chinese society it reveals.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.guanximaster.com/chinese-cultural-issues/552/the-people-who-love-to-laugh/</link>
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		<title>The Cult of Prosperity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A Goddess of Mercy becomes a Goddess of Fortune]]></description>
		<link>http://www.guanximaster.com/modern-china/540/the-cult-of-prosperity/</link>
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		<title>The Leaping Carp Becomes a Dragon</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The threat of Asian carp in middle America provides great insights into the US's dealings with China]]></description>
		<link>http://www.guanximaster.com/international-relations/523/the-leaping-carp-becomes-a-dragon/</link>
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		<title>The Real Meaning of a Revived World Expo</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What could motivate the Chinese to spend so much to in order to achieve something that is already “old hat” to the international community? ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.guanximaster.com/international-relations/515/the-real-meaning-of-a-revived-world-expo/</link>
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		<title>Two Arts In China</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Modern Chinese art and the agony of global urbanization

To understand China today, one sometimes has to take a painful look at what the Chinese are losing while they rise as the next economic force of this century.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.guanximaster.com/modern-china/503/two-arts-in-china/</link>
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		<title>What&#8217;s in a Name?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Looking at Business Week’s list of the Top 100 Companies in China, it struck me that many of the names we see every day here in China are either “pinyinized” into English, or abbreviated in their official English translations. Why don’t they translate the full names? It’s an interesting study.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.guanximaster.com/international-relations/484/whats-in-a-name/</link>
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		<title>A Critique of Critique: The Practice of Fengci in China</title>
		<description><![CDATA[China's understanding of fengci reveals how the West overlooks the positive requirements for constructive critique]]></description>
		<link>http://www.guanximaster.com/historical-china/478/a-critique-of-critique-the-practice-of-fengci-in-china/</link>
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		<title>China Mourns</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the face of heartbreaking tragedy, we share the sorrow of a nation]]></description>
		<link>http://www.guanximaster.com/chinese-media/471/china-mourns/</link>
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