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		<title>Chinese amusement park not so amusing (Video)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This video is nuts. Check out this horrific clip of a whirly-swing ride in Shanghai as it completely topples over. No idea if anyone was injured, although I have a feeling it would be too optimistic to expect that everyone escaped without a scratch. 
This video player is too sexy for your browser. Please upgrade [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pandapassport.com/sino-video/chinese-amusement-park-not-so-amusing-video/</link>
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		<title>Dalian Mounted Police Women: Have you mounted one lately?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Did I ever tell you about the time I saw the Dalian Mounted Police equestrian show? Well, all those police ladies were riding horses around a circuit, as one would expect from horse-riding police ladies. Me and a Chinese friend were up in the stands enjoying the show, when he turns to me and says:
&#8220;Hey [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pandapassport.com/dalian/dalian-mounted-police-women/</link>
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		<title>Dalian Links for Feb 2: Frisbee, Furama, and the Civilized Touch</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Furama Hotel Dalian joins World Hotels
The Furama has joined World Hotels as a new &#8216;Deluxe Collection affiliate&#8217;, whatever that means. I like the Furama a lot, and while I haven&#8217;t stayed in all the hotels in Dalian (not by a long shot), it seems to be among the best. A friend of mine who stays [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pandapassport.com/dalian/frisbee-furama-hotel/</link>
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		<title>Dalian Links for Jan 23: Sea Cucumbers, Sinking Paintings, &amp; Pimps</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Cold freezes sea-farmers&#8217; income
&#8220;Fan Xinyuan, a resident of Jinzhou district, north of Dalian, Liaoning province, who raised 66.7 hectares of sea cucumber, told China Daily that if the temperature didn&#8217;t rise and ice continues to block the sea, there will be no sea cucumbers left.&#8221;  
I hate sea cucumber. Good riddance&#8230; 
Drowned sailors honoured
&#8220;North [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pandapassport.com/dalian/dalian-links-for-jan-23-sea-cucumbers-sinking-paintings-pimps/</link>
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		<title>MacKinnon, Morozov on Google and China</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just a quick note to point out a good talk on the whole Google/China mess from people who know. From New America, a good chat and debate featuring Rebecca MacKinnon, Evgeny Morozov and Tim Wu. I&#8217;ve put the Youtube video below, but if you&#8217;re in China you&#8217;ll obviously need to use a proxy or VPN. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pandapassport.com/chinese-internet/mackinnon-morozov-on-google-and-china/</link>
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		<title>Dalian Links Round-up (Jan. 13)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dalian to hold 126 high standard trade meetings_DalianNews
I&#8217;m not sure how they define &#8216;high standard&#8217;, but  regardless &#8211; this is good to see.
dalianopolis.com : The Dalian Metropolis
Another Dalian website has sprung up. Looks to be a branch of DiscoverDalian. Someone please tell them that flash is so ten-years-ago. 
Daily Dalian-Hefei-Guangzhou Flights Launched-Events on eChinacities [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pandapassport.com/dalian/dalian-links-round-up/</link>
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		<title>On Copenhagen, culture, and China&#8217;s familiar negotiation tactic</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was just reading a pretty fascinating article over on The Guardian&#8217;s website entitled How do I know China wrecked the Copenhagen deal? I was in the room. Whether China was actually at fault here, I can&#8217;t say for sure. I suspect they are, but of course I was not in the room. 
The one [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pandapassport.com/culture/on-copenhagen-culture-and-chinas-familiar-negotiation-tactic/</link>
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		<title>Wow! Microsoft China steals Plurk&#8217;s code</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is astounding. 
Microsoft&#8217;s new Chinese language microblog service Juku/Club.MSN is a total copy of Plurk.  See the image below, and read all the juicy details over on Plurk&#8217;s blog. 

How can something like this happen? I figure that when big multi-nationals like Microsoft spread too thin, they just can&#8217;t maintain necessary communication and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pandapassport.com/uncategorized/wow-microsoft-china-steals-plurks-code/</link>
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		<title>Racism, Samaritans, and a bit of Perspective</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Some interesting stories from the China blogosphere this week.
Sorry, We only save dead bodies &#124; chinaSMACK
A tragic story from Hubei about how workers on a fishing boat refused to save drowning students. Initially I thought this was just another case of people not willing to risk getting involved for fear of legal action or some [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pandapassport.com/uncategorized/racism-samaritans-and-a-bit-of-perspective/</link>
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		<title>China&#8217;s Dirty Laundry</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Over on ChinaHush there&#8217;s a pretty astounding photo series about pollution in China. Somehow it surprised me that they were taken by a local photographer, because typically it&#8217;s the foreign press who tend to display China&#8217;s dirty laundry like this. Or at least, that&#8217;s what I&#8217;ve come to expect. 
But that&#8217;s not to say that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pandapassport.com/china-news/chinas-dirty-laundry/</link>
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