<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>https://ecency.com</link><image><url>https://ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>https://ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 08:00:12 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://ecency.com/@angelatang/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Pier 39 and Bubba Gump Shrimp]]></title><description><![CDATA[I recently had the chance to visit Pier 39 in SF and to my surprise it was every bit as good as I read online. The pier is bright and full of activity. Bright lights everywhere, restaurants, souvenir shops,]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@angelatang/pier-39-and-bubba-gump-shrimp</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@angelatang/pier-39-and-bubba-gump-shrimp</guid><category><![CDATA[travel]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[angelatang]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 07 Oct 2019 09:57:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iQMESfjaE1qLbRrJANDRtw8o4ECgRJvQvTS5dPHT7rc6SqnaQgJd6bWrZCJHm3ZPxB6EvTtMXJ6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shanghai Modern - Not just food!1.]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Pagoda is gone but all is not lost Just a few years ago, the China town of London was graced with a small market place in and around "Newport Place." It even had it's own Pagoda where people]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@angelatang/shanghai-modern-not-just-food-1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@angelatang/shanghai-modern-not-just-food-1</guid><category><![CDATA[yummy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[angelatang]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 03 Sep 2019 20:09:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iNu3HLiyaHrtqZVDBQpyVWafpetgrCT9cB3aJDJ9hEDgBGBvGqY69xd8zbCjZ13sby9iHrZ2UiA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A world with one culture.2.]]></title><description><![CDATA[We can reduce this a great deal by increasing cultural homogeneity - thereby making it as unimaginable for the US and China to go to war as it is for the US and Canada to go to war. ii) This way everyone]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@angelatang/a-world-with-one-culture-2</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@angelatang/a-world-with-one-culture-2</guid><category><![CDATA[culture]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[angelatang]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 29 Aug 2019 00:21:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iQMj28dWQXoqCx66JFwH4a8hCHJhim732j4JgP3LTvDsQzra7QhRXiBQsVWxvcb5wDHxe1d2QXx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A world with one culture.1.]]></title><description><![CDATA[We should gradually move towards a world with only one culture for two main reasons: i) Inter-group conflict or cruelty is one of the great causes of human suffering, and a key threat to our collective]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@angelatang/a-world-with-one-culture-1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@angelatang/a-world-with-one-culture-1</guid><category><![CDATA[culture]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[angelatang]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 27 Aug 2019 02:24:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iQMj28dWQXoqCx66JFwH4a8hCHJhim732j4JgP3LTvDsQzra7QhRXiBQsVWxvcb5wDHxe1d2QXx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mulan politically revisted.8.]]></title><description><![CDATA[But the people who really have a legitimate beef about their portrayal are the Huns. It will be interesting to see how many of these issues recur in the live-action Mulan scheduled to come out soon. Lydia]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@angelatang/mulan-politically-revisted-8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@angelatang/mulan-politically-revisted-8</guid><category><![CDATA[mulan]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[angelatang]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 25 Aug 2019 21:28:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iPE41UdEh4KqzEPRHsP6uoSDCbThGPPDMraQJ2yCh5qRbd5PQZ1cWMVhWNbpMtnGiwfZbmMtgfQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Haidilao.5.]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is customary for those regular hot pot eaters who know just how much "internal heat" can be built up after several rounds of hot pot food. A good anti-free-radical dose of greens and mild]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@angelatang/3msvwk-haidilao-5</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@angelatang/3msvwk-haidilao-5</guid><category><![CDATA[yummy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[angelatang]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 25 Aug 2019 21:21:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iNpfs84DG8uXmFXsZq6PeHaqt3xiLJ3EtqvqSYTLabwowKZBsyiXsPYYEuhaDtcLGmqvKRwqEpE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Haidilao.4.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Various meats are available from all the usual fishes, to premium grade beef, lamb, pork and best of all, you get to serve yourself at the sauce bar. Little do people know, you can actually have as much]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@angelatang/45rnmc-haidilao-4</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@angelatang/45rnmc-haidilao-4</guid><category><![CDATA[foodie]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[angelatang]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 24 Aug 2019 21:47:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iNpfs84DG8uXmFXsZq6PeHaqt3xiLJ3EtqvqSYTLabwowKZBsyiXsPYYEuhaDtcLGmqvKRwqEpE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Haidilao.3.]]></title><description><![CDATA[You get to choose from a variety of soup bases and you can even choose multi-flavour pots. Have one, two or three pots in one and open up your mouth to all the different soup flavours on offer. My personal]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@angelatang/2pa7ur-haidilao-3</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@angelatang/2pa7ur-haidilao-3</guid><category><![CDATA[haidilao]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[angelatang]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 24 Aug 2019 00:43:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iNpfs84DG8uXmFXsZq6PeHaqt3xiLJ3EtqvqSYTLabwowKZBsyiXsPYYEuhaDtcLGmqvKRwqEpE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Haidilao.2.]]></title><description><![CDATA[The name is resonant with Chinese speakers because it literally means to scoop from the bottom of the sea and that is very close to what you actually do when you eat hotpot here. Indeed, the idea is to]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@angelatang/haidilao-2</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@angelatang/haidilao-2</guid><category><![CDATA[foodie]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[angelatang]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 22 Aug 2019 23:56:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iNpfs84DG8uXmFXsZq6PeHaqt3xiLJ3EtqvqSYTLabwowKZBsyiXsPYYEuhaDtcLGmqvKRwqEpE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mulan politically revisted.7.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Perhaps the other troops desert as soon as it looks like actual combat might occur (the unit is at its smallest during combat scenes). This is yet more evidence that the Chinese Imperial Army had a serious]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@angelatang/mulan-politically-revisted-7</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@angelatang/mulan-politically-revisted-7</guid><category><![CDATA[story]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[angelatang]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 22 Aug 2019 20:42:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iPE41UdEh4KqzEPRHsP6uoSDCbThGPPDMraQJ2yCh5qRbd5PQZ1cWMVhWNbpMtnGiwfZbmMtgfQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mulan politically revisted.6.]]></title><description><![CDATA[What happened to the many thousands of other draftees? Did they all desert? Why does no one even try to find out? Perhaps the problem is that most of the other draftees were over-age and/or disabled (like]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@angelatang/mulan-politically-revisted-6</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@angelatang/mulan-politically-revisted-6</guid><category><![CDATA[mulan]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[angelatang]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 21 Aug 2019 23:13:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iPE41UdEh4KqzEPRHsP6uoSDCbThGPPDMraQJ2yCh5qRbd5PQZ1cWMVhWNbpMtnGiwfZbmMtgfQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mulan politically revisted.5.]]></title><description><![CDATA[The rest of the fighting is done by troops who were already in the ranks (some are inexperienced, but they seem to have been around for some time already) when she arrives in camp (even though she comes]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@angelatang/mulan-politically-revisted-5</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@angelatang/mulan-politically-revisted-5</guid><category><![CDATA[story]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[angelatang]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 21 Aug 2019 00:35:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iPE41UdEh4KqzEPRHsP6uoSDCbThGPPDMraQJ2yCh5qRbd5PQZ1cWMVhWNbpMtnGiwfZbmMtgfQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mulan politically revisted.4.]]></title><description><![CDATA[And he's not even actually competent at ANY of those jobs. Either the Empire has a shortage of bureaucrats, or Disney REALLY wanted to save on voice actor expenses! At the beginning of the film, the Emperor]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@angelatang/mulan-politically-revisted-4</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@angelatang/mulan-politically-revisted-4</guid><category><![CDATA[mulan]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[angelatang]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 20 Aug 2019 01:29:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iPE41UdEh4KqzEPRHsP6uoSDCbThGPPDMraQJ2yCh5qRbd5PQZ1cWMVhWNbpMtnGiwfZbmMtgfQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mulan politically revisted.3.]]></title><description><![CDATA[The contrast, however, is that Mulan remains a loyal subject of the Chinese imperial state and never questions its horribly unjust policies (other than drafting her father). Katniss, of course, hates the]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@angelatang/mulan-politically-revisted-3</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@angelatang/mulan-politically-revisted-3</guid><category><![CDATA[story]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[angelatang]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 18 Aug 2019 23:58:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iPE41UdEh4KqzEPRHsP6uoSDCbThGPPDMraQJ2yCh5qRbd5PQZ1cWMVhWNbpMtnGiwfZbmMtgfQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Haidilao.1.]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is Haidilao. It's a hotpot chain that is one of the fastest growing food chains in China and it's making real headway in the west. Already with a couple of venues opened in the US and a new one opened]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@angelatang/5wk2b4-haidilao-1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@angelatang/5wk2b4-haidilao-1</guid><category><![CDATA[foodie]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[angelatang]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 17 Aug 2019 23:04:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iNpfs84DG8uXmFXsZq6PeHaqt3xiLJ3EtqvqSYTLabwowKZBsyiXsPYYEuhaDtcLGmqvKRwqEpE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mulan politically revisted. 2.]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is both cruel and stupid (as it ensures that the army will have lots of over-age and/or handicapped soldiers). Mulan is both a parallel and a contrast to Katniss Everdeen in "The Hunger Games."]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@angelatang/mulan-politically-revisted-2</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@angelatang/mulan-politically-revisted-2</guid><category><![CDATA[mulan]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[angelatang]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 17 Aug 2019 19:31:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iPE41UdEh4KqzEPRHsP6uoSDCbThGPPDMraQJ2yCh5qRbd5PQZ1cWMVhWNbpMtnGiwfZbmMtgfQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mulan politically revisted.1.]]></title><description><![CDATA[In before the new live-action Mulan is released in 2020. I've watched the cartoon version so many times and now the time has come for a political economy analysis of the film : Mulan surreptitiously joins]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@angelatang/mulan-politically-revisted-1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@angelatang/mulan-politically-revisted-1</guid><category><![CDATA[political]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[angelatang]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 17 Aug 2019 00:55:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iPE41UdEh4KqzEPRHsP6uoSDCbThGPPDMraQJ2yCh5qRbd5PQZ1cWMVhWNbpMtnGiwfZbmMtgfQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Agia Pelagia.7.]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you're travelling with friends, then these little villas can become a very attractive proposition because the cost divided between everyone becomes significantly cheaper than a hotel and there is often]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@angelatang/agia-pelagia-7</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@angelatang/agia-pelagia-7</guid><category><![CDATA[story]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[angelatang]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 13 Aug 2019 18:36:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iPDoPC36TwU7jgx6PPDBXeiRWqsqf62qCZBN4QRYHd8nxQUkPcqGLtcR4VU5zFcpHYGjrqPn5rN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Agia Pelagia.6.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Purpose built for renting out to visitors, these are lined all along the paths to the main beaches and are usually about a kilometer away from the actual beach front but retain a really pleasant view of]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@angelatang/agia-pelagia-6</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@angelatang/agia-pelagia-6</guid><category><![CDATA[holiday]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[angelatang]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 13 Aug 2019 16:03:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iPDoPC36TwU7jgx6PPDBXeiRWqsqf62qCZBN4QRYHd8nxQUkPcqGLtcR4VU5zFcpHYGjrqPn5rN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Agia Pelagia.5.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Supporting the local economy are a plethora of restaurants by the beach which each serve a healthy mixture of traditional Cretan and Greek food, as well as the more common foods known across all of the]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@angelatang/agia-pelagia-5</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@angelatang/agia-pelagia-5</guid><category><![CDATA[holiday]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[angelatang]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 13 Aug 2019 14:19:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iPDoPC36TwU7jgx6PPDBXeiRWqsqf62qCZBN4QRYHd8nxQUkPcqGLtcR4VU5zFcpHYGjrqPn5rN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>