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		<title>China‘s Continues To Influence Africa</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 12:45:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Those that follow Chinese foreign policy know that China has made a staple of their foreign policy the building of massive infrastructure and public works projects in Africa.  Part of this goes back to cold-war history where China and many &#8230; <a href="http://ryanmckean.wordpress.com/2012/01/29/chinas-continues-to-influence-africa/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ryanmckean.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14658499&amp;post=347&amp;subd=ryanmckean&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Year of the Dragon！ 龙年快乐，恭喜发财，万事如意！</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:32:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whew!  I&#8217;m back.  Apologies to all those that have been coming back to the site looking for updates.  After returning to Shanghai from Azerbaijan and Turkey with my brother, it has been somewhat of a whirlwind over the last two &#8230; <a href="http://ryanmckean.wordpress.com/2012/01/23/happy-year-of-the-dragon%ef%bc%81-%e9%be%99%e5%b9%b4%e5%bf%ab%e4%b9%90%ef%bc%8c%e6%81%ad%e5%96%9c%e5%8f%91%e8%b4%a2%ef%bc%8c%e4%b8%87%e4%ba%8b%e5%a6%82%e6%84%8f%ef%bc%81/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ryanmckean.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14658499&amp;post=331&amp;subd=ryanmckean&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Thank Allah for Petches &#8212; My Lankaran Experience</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 14:45:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Aaron and I made it out of Baku on Sunday night en route for Lankaran, the site where he did his Peace Corps volunteer service.  Lankaran is in the far south of the country and we took a taxi down &#8230; <a href="http://ryanmckean.wordpress.com/2011/11/09/thank-allah-for-petches-my-lankaran-experience/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ryanmckean.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14658499&amp;post=314&amp;subd=ryanmckean&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>One year later&#8230;Ryan is in Azerbaijan</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Nov 2011 06:44:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fifteen hours after departing Shanghai, complete with an upgrade to &#8220;Comfort Class&#8221; on Turkish Airlines and a stopover in Istanbul, I arrive in Azerbaijan. Flying in to the city, you first have to go over the Caspian Sea before turning &#8230; <a href="http://ryanmckean.wordpress.com/2011/11/06/one-year-later-ryan-is-in-azerbaijan/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ryanmckean.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14658499&amp;post=307&amp;subd=ryanmckean&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Shanghai Gets Creative</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2011 11:25:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Second of two posts tonight!  It has been quite the weekend.  After running eight miles this morning with an old friend, I wasn&#8217;t much feeling like going out to play ultimate frisbee as per my usual Sunday routine &#8212; am &#8230; <a href="http://ryanmckean.wordpress.com/2011/10/30/shanghai-gets-creative/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ryanmckean.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14658499&amp;post=296&amp;subd=ryanmckean&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>American Tap</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2011 10:46:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fall has arrived in Shanghai and while I cook up my first cold-weather soup of the season (cauliflower, potato, carrots, and lotus root with a curry twist) and bask in being able to wear sweaters again, I want to share &#8230; <a href="http://ryanmckean.wordpress.com/2011/10/30/american-tap/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ryanmckean.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14658499&amp;post=288&amp;subd=ryanmckean&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Social Movement Through TaoBao？</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2011 13:38:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So we have seen the results of the Arab Spring play out over the last 6 months to stunning effect: toppling governments and military regimes across North Africa and the Middle East.  Perhaps you&#8217;ve also seen the protests in Wisconsin &#8230; <a href="http://ryanmckean.wordpress.com/2011/10/16/social-movement-through-taobao%ef%bc%9f/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ryanmckean.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14658499&amp;post=283&amp;subd=ryanmckean&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;m Back&#8230;From Chengdu!</title>
		<link>http://ryanmckean.wordpress.com/2011/08/28/im-back-from-chengdu/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Aug 2011 02:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those of you that follow political news, you&#8217;ll know that our Vice-President was recently in the western Chinese city of Chengdu.  Home to spicy, Sichuan food and the cuddly panda, Biden selected this location as the second city in &#8230; <a href="http://ryanmckean.wordpress.com/2011/08/28/im-back-from-chengdu/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ryanmckean.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14658499&amp;post=280&amp;subd=ryanmckean&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>祝我生日快乐！ Happy Birthday to Me (and Matan, and Ravi)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jul 2011 03:04:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Doing a little self promotion today &#8212; my 29th birthday.  The other night we had a great get together with the other folks from the consulate that all have their birthdays in this same 2-week period.  The pot luck dishes &#8230; <a href="http://ryanmckean.wordpress.com/2011/07/30/%e7%a5%9d%e6%88%91%e7%94%9f%e6%97%a5%e5%bf%ab%e4%b9%90%ef%bc%81-happy-birthday-to-me-and-matan-and-ravi/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ryanmckean.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14658499&amp;post=277&amp;subd=ryanmckean&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Beijing Opera (京剧) Comes to Shanghai</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jul 2011 13:51:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past Thursday I attended a performance of the Beijing Opera called 锁麟囊 (suo3lin2nang2); a rough translation would be &#8220;The Unicorn Purse.&#8221;  The translation is rough because the animal who&#8217;s image is on the purse sung about in the opera &#8230; <a href="http://ryanmckean.wordpress.com/2011/07/23/beijing-opera-%e4%ba%ac%e5%89%a7-comes-to-shanghai/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ryanmckean.wordpress.com&amp;blog=14658499&amp;post=273&amp;subd=ryanmckean&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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