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	<description>Life in China, among other things &#124; 中国生活</description>
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		<title>Contaminated Milk Resold in China</title>
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Most thought when the dairy products company Sanlu bankrupted and the chief culprits was sentenced to death in the wake of the 2008 melamine scandals, it was safe to trust the domestic dairy producers and that melamine would be no more.
Indeed, despite the initial fears and boycotts that almost ruined dairies, consumers have returned and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.zhangzk.com/blog/2010/02/contaminated-milk-resold-in-china/</link>
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		<title>Some Chinese Characters are Gender-Biased</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A recent post on the popular Chinese forum Tianya has caused a sensation online. Author and lawyer Ye Mantian rallied against the structure of many vulgar Chinese characters as containing elements in reference to women.
Ye Mantian asked that such gender biased and often offensive characters are replaced with gender-neutral forms. For example, the character for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.zhangzk.com/blog/2010/01/some-chinese-characters-are-gender-biased/</link>
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		<title>China to Ban Eating Cats and Dogs</title>
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Legislators are soliciting opinions on the draft of an animal abuse law according to China Daily.
According to the draft, individuals will be fined up to 5000 Yuan plus a detention within 15 days if the eat the meat of a dog or a cat; moreover, instituions can be fined 10,000-500,000 Yuan.
The law has been in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.zhangzk.com/blog/2010/01/china-to-ban-eating-cats-and-dogs/</link>
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		<title>Beijing Wants More Bikes on the Streets to Reduce Traffic and Air Pollution</title>
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The Beijing authorities are fighting congested roads and air pollution with old technology by adding more bicycles to the roads.
The government aims to increase the proportion of cyclists on road from the current 19.7 percent to 23 percent by 2015 for a clearer sky and less traffic jams.
According to the director of the Municipal Communications [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.zhangzk.com/blog/2010/01/beijing-wants-more-bikes-on-the-streets-to-reduce-traffic-and-air-pollution/</link>
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		<title>Chinese Village Construct 15th Tallest Building</title>
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Huaxi village is a rural village in Jiangsu Province, China. Often regarded as the "No. 1 Village in China", Huaxi is the richest village with average per capita income many times that of the national average.
Heralded by the central government as a successful example of a communist style commune, the transformation of Huaxi village was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.zhangzk.com/blog/2010/01/chinese-village-construct-15th-tallest-building/</link>
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		<title>China to Scan Text Messages for &#8220;Unhealthy&#8221; Contents</title>
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China Mobile customers in Shanghai and Beijing will have their texting service blocked after sending obscene messages according to China Daily.
China Mobile, one of the nation’s largest cellular providers, reported that text messages would automatically be scanned for “key words” provided by the police. Messages will be deemed “unhealthy” if they violate undisclosed criteria established [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.zhangzk.com/blog/2010/01/china-to-scan-text-messages-for-unhealthy-contents/</link>
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		<title>I didn&#8217;t know making money was so easy (Student Rewarded for Finding Porn)</title>
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A college student in China who said his studies suffered after he discovered Internet porn has been awarded 10,000 yuan (1,466 dollars) for helping the government crack down on sexual content online.
The unidentified student at an unnamed college in northern Shanxi province reported 32 websites that contained pornography, winning a nationwide contest that has encouraged [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.zhangzk.com/blog/2010/01/i-didnt-know-making-money-was-so-easy-student-rewarded-for-finding-porn/</link>
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		<title>Seeing Avatar in Beijing, Almost a Mission Impossible</title>
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Everyone is crazy about Avatar here in Beijing but most people who want to see the movie are not able to due to...too many people.
A friend of mine went to the movie theater last Wednesday at 8AM and discover that there were literally 1,000 people inline before her to purchase an IMAX 3D Avatar ticket.
She [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.zhangzk.com/blog/2010/01/seeing-avatar-in-beijing-almost-a-mission-impossible/</link>
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		<title>Most Efficient Team on the Web</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So I was trying to post a translation of Google's "New Approach to China" announcement on Kaixin001 (Chinese version of Facebook) yesterday.
I failed.
The first time I posted, the post vanished after 10 minutes; I thought I posted it wrong and posted it again.  The post was up for 30 minutes, in which time two people [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.zhangzk.com/blog/2010/01/most-efficient-team-on-the-web/</link>
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		<title>Google to Leave China?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From the Official Google Blog for those who can't access the blog from China:
A new approach to China
1/12/2010 03:00:00 PM
Like many other well-known organizations, we face cyber attacks of varying degrees on a regular basis. In mid-December, we detected a highly sophisticated and targeted attack on our corporate infrastructure originating from China that resulted in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.zhangzk.com/blog/2010/01/google-to-leave-china/</link>
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