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		<title>The Parent-Child Relationship According to Confucian and Communist Ideologies</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2012 19:52:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last year I discussed Confucius with my Chinese teacher, who I knew simply as Wu Laoshi (“Teacher Wu”). In response to my question, “What would Modern China be like if Confucius had never lived?”, Wu Laoshi said “It’s impossible to &#8230; <a href="http://mattonchina.com/2012/09/18/the-parent-child-relationship-according-to-confucian-and-communist-ideologies/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mattonchina.com&#038;blog=36927284&#038;post=318&#038;subd=mattonchina&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Quote of the Week: 13th August</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2012 21:22:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;分久必合，合久必分&#8221; (After a long split comes a union, after a long union comes a split) Used to describe the cyclical nature of Chinese history, this proverb reminds me of a comment made by University of Oregon professor Yong Zhao. A &#8230; <a href="http://mattonchina.com/2012/08/13/quote-of-the-week-13th-august/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mattonchina.com&#038;blog=36927284&#038;post=309&#038;subd=mattonchina&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Panda Conservation: Are We Wasting Our Time?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Aug 2012 00:38:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Before we begin I need to confess something: I love pandas. There, I said it. I&#8217;m a 25 year-old man and I bloody love pandas. Just looking at a panda is enough to make your heart melt, and if you &#8230; <a href="http://mattonchina.com/2012/08/11/panda-conservation-are-we-wasting-our-time/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mattonchina.com&#038;blog=36927284&#038;post=297&#038;subd=mattonchina&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Things You Might Miss About China</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2012 19:30:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everyone knows the downsides, or &#8220;challenges&#8221; if you&#8217;re feeling charitable, of living in China. However, as my students were so fond of saying, &#8220;Every coin has two sides&#8221;. This particular coin must be weighted, however, as we very rarely see &#8230; <a href="http://mattonchina.com/2012/08/08/things-you-might-miss-about-china/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mattonchina.com&#038;blog=36927284&#038;post=285&#038;subd=mattonchina&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Quote of the Week: 6th August</title>
		<link>http://mattonchina.com/2012/08/06/quote-of-the-week-6th-august/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Aug 2012 18:51:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;One should not refuse to eat just because there is a chance of choking.&#8221; My interpretation of this proverb is that nothing in life comes without risk, and that we should not let our decisions be governed by the fear &#8230; <a href="http://mattonchina.com/2012/08/06/quote-of-the-week-6th-august/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mattonchina.com&#038;blog=36927284&#038;post=286&#038;subd=mattonchina&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The U.S. Attacks Religious Freedom in China in a Textbook Example of Pot, Kettle, Black</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2012 20:07:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that no man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship, place, or ministry whatsoever, nor shall be enforced, restrained, molested, or burthened in his body or goods, nor shall otherwise &#8230; <a href="http://mattonchina.com/2012/08/01/the-u-s-attacks-religious-freedom-in-china-in-a-textbook-example-of-pot-kettle-black/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mattonchina.com&#038;blog=36927284&#038;post=276&#038;subd=mattonchina&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2012 16:04:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[不管黑猫白猫，捉到老鼠就是好猫 &#8220;It doesn&#8217;t matter if the cat is black or white; as long as it catches mice, it&#8217;s a good cat.&#8221; This statement was made by Deng Xiaoping in 1962, in response to his critics arguing that his proposals for &#8230; <a href="http://mattonchina.com/2012/07/30/quote-of-the-week-30th-july/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mattonchina.com&#038;blog=36927284&#038;post=267&#038;subd=mattonchina&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My Top 5 China Smells</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[My mother in law recently lent me a collection of articles by Oregonian columnist and author Bob Welch. One article that particularly caught my attention was &#8216;The sweet smells of home&#8217; (2001), in which Mr Welch celebrates the transcendental power &#8230; <a href="http://mattonchina.com/2012/07/27/my-top-5-china-smells/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mattonchina.com&#038;blog=36927284&#038;post=250&#038;subd=mattonchina&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2012 16:40:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Quote of the Week: 23rd July</title>
		<link>http://mattonchina.com/2012/07/23/quote-of-the-week-23rd-july/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2012 17:23:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[前人栽树，后人乘凉 &#8220;Earlier generations plant trees so that later generations can enjoy the shade&#8221; I think we&#8217;re all sometimes guilty of forgetting that the world didn&#8217;t begin on the day we were born, and that it won&#8217;t end on the day &#8230; <a href="http://mattonchina.com/2012/07/23/quote-of-the-week-23rd-july/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mattonchina.com&#038;blog=36927284&#038;post=244&#038;subd=mattonchina&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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