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	<description>an attempt to regain our conscience</description>
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		<title>You may find yourself in another part of the world&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://paradifeloft.net/blog/2010/04/25/life-in-japan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Apr 2010 06:52:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>idris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Elementary School]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Japan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tokyo/東京]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[熊谷]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I guess it makes sense to start at the start. This blog - at least for the time being - is going to center on my time and adventures teaching English in Japan. It used to be about international politics, human rights, China, and US foreign policy, and I still might write about those things. But for right now It’s going to be about Japan, what I’m doing here, and my life here.]]></description>
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		<title>The Wonders of Developmental Autocracy</title>
		<link>http://paradifeloft.net/blog/2009/06/02/the-wonders-of-developmental-autocracy/</link>
		<comments>http://paradifeloft.net/blog/2009/06/02/the-wonders-of-developmental-autocracy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 16:42:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>idris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Stimulus]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A few days ago, the always enlightening Marketplace broadcast a rather interesting report compering the Chinese economic stimulus package to the US'. They made the point that the Chinese economic stimulus package was a lot better than the US package: (i.e. the Chinese stimulus package is actually designed to stimulate the economy).]]></description>
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		<title>Let&#8217;s Get One Thing Clear</title>
		<link>http://paradifeloft.net/blog/2009/03/17/lets-get-one-thing-clear/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 00:54:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>idris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[financial crisis]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[lost decase]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[premier wen]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[China cannot, will not, and will never sell off its US Treasury bonds en masse. Granted, I&#8217;m being a bit Sermanesque, but with good reason. Well, not good reason, but reason with unfortunate significance nonetheless. Recently, and somewhat less recently (here and here,) people have been speculating the consequences of China selling off US Treasury [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No one Should be Shocked about U.S. Foreign Policy Towards China Concerning Human Rights</title>
		<link>http://paradifeloft.net/blog/2009/03/10/no-one-should-be-shocked-about-us-foreign-policy-towards-china-concerning-human-rights/</link>
		<comments>http://paradifeloft.net/blog/2009/03/10/no-one-should-be-shocked-about-us-foreign-policy-towards-china-concerning-human-rights/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 01:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>idris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Changes at the State Department]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Human Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[activists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asia trip]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ccp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[china trip]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freedom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hillary Clinton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pressure]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As I mentioned earlier I&#8217;m very curious to see what other changes Hillary implements over at State. I think a good way to think about how the US&#8217; foreign policy posture is shifting&#8230;or readjusting comes from the recent controversy or nontroversy on Secretary Clinton&#8217;s &#8220;failure&#8221; to press China on it&#8217;s human rights record during her [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I Mentioned Earlier That I&#8217;d Be Writing on Hilary Clinton</title>
		<link>http://paradifeloft.net/blog/2009/03/04/i-mentioned-earlier-that-id-be-writing-on-hilary-clinton/</link>
		<comments>http://paradifeloft.net/blog/2009/03/04/i-mentioned-earlier-that-id-be-writing-on-hilary-clinton/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 10:37:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>idris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Changes at the State Department]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DOS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gays and Lesbians in Foreign Affairs Agencies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GLIFAA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hillary Clinton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lesbian]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the first part of a two part entry on Hilary Clinton, though this one I think, will focus  changes that she&#8217;s making over at State. Or rather, one particular set of changes that will make a lot of people&#8217;s lives a lot easier. A few weeks ago The Advocate outlined the changes that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chávez and the Beijing Consensus?</title>
		<link>http://paradifeloft.net/blog/2009/02/17/chavez-and-the-beijing-consensus/</link>
		<comments>http://paradifeloft.net/blog/2009/02/17/chavez-and-the-beijing-consensus/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 19:48:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>idris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Venezuela]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beijing Consensus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beijing Model]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ccp]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chavez]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dictator?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hu Jintao]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hugo Chávez]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[infinite reelection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[term limits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tiananmen Square Protests]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unites states]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Washington Consensus]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There are probably a few foreign policy memos going around 华盛顿(Huáshèngdùn &#8211; Washington) right now, trying to figure out what to do about Hugo Chávez, who (if the results of these certified &#8220;free and fair&#8221; elections are to be believed,) will be able to stand for reelection indefinitely after his term was set to expire [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China&#8217;s Economic Crisis</title>
		<link>http://paradifeloft.net/blog/2009/02/06/chinas-economic-crisis/</link>
		<comments>http://paradifeloft.net/blog/2009/02/06/chinas-economic-crisis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 21:24:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>idris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Minxin Pei]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[One-Child Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PRC]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[While I&#8217;m not one of those Sinologists that makes his living predicting the &#8220;Coming Collapse of China,&#8221; (any day now Gordon&#8230;) I do believe that the PRC has some serious structural problems that it is currently facing, and addresses them with varying degrees success. These, exacerbated by the current economic crisis is a dangerous cocktail.
I [...]]]></description>
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