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		<title>When in China&#8230; Carry Everything on Your Bike</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2009 02:23:41 +0000</pubDate>
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Giant Tubes and Paintings


Sheets of Glass and Bundles of Chickens


Sheetrock and Trees


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		<title>When in China . . . Join the Crowd</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:21:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>When in China . . . Catch Something Everytime</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 12:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>When in China . . . Buy Domestic Goods at Affordable Prices</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[That&#8217;s right.  We reused <a href="http://thisridiculousworld.blogspot.com/2008/10/totally-awesome-picture-of-week-44.html" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/thisridiculousworld.blogspot.com/2008/10/totally-awesome-picture-of-week-44.html?referer=');">that</a> photo. As the loud and insightful Mary Poppin&#8217;s character put it, &#8220;We does what we like and likes what we do.&#8221;  Chimneychew-roo.
The Nanjing, Jiangsu, China Ikea opened at the end of August and has been packed with modern trend and comfort seekers ever since.  Customers arriving by a mixture of BMWs, bicycles, motorbikes and rickshaws explore the merchandise with unbounded enthusiasm. Cries of joy are heard throughout the kitchen gadget section as mother-in-laws in sleeve protectors discover microwave plate covers, and the line of men in business suits awaiting access to the office chair demo floor rivals only that of KFC on customer appreciation day.&#8230;


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		<title>When in China&#8230; Show Your Belly</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 05:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Beijing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Actually, that should say: Clap your hands, show your belly and Yell.
EEEEeeww.
That&#8217;s right, eeew as in gross because deodorant is virtually unknown and mid-section modesty is non-existent.  This is not just a lao wai passing judgement, this is a lao wai passing on a pertinent warning.
Take this man: shirt rolled up passed his nipples, shamelessly bellowing across a courtyard of the <i>Forbidden</i> City.  At least he&#8217;s wearing pants.  Not gone are the hot summer days when old men slip down to their tighty-whiteys and join their friends for evening mahjong matches on the sidewalk, a common occurrence in city neighborhoods all over China.  Or, after a dinner of spice and numbing pepper corns, the man at the ta&#8230;


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