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		<title>English Takes a Turn on China Tours</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[English is pretty much the international language and it takes many shapes around the world. In China, it takes turns that are sometimes hard for a native English speaker to follow. Following are photos of signs that we have taken along our California Native tours of Yunan Province in China. Although they don&#8217;t follow our [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>English is pretty much the international language and it takes many shapes around the world. In China, it takes turns that are sometimes hard for a native English speaker to follow.</p>
<p>Following are photos of signs that we have taken along our <a href="http://www.calnative.com/china/">California Native tours of Yunan Province in China</a>.</p>
<p>Although they don&#8217;t follow our idea of English, we are sure that the persons who made the signs speak English much better than we speak Chinese.</p>
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<td>From a hotel in Dali:</td>
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<td><img class="alignright" style="margin: 4px; float: right;" src="http://www.calnative.com/blog/calnative images/yunan-trips-sign1.jpg" alt="Strange English Signs along The California Native Yunan China Tours - Sign in Chinese Hotel " width="350" height="257" /></td>
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<td>From a hotel in Beijing:</td>
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<td><img class="alignright" style="margin: 4px; float: right;" src="http://www.calnative.com/blog/calnative images/yunan-trips-sign8.jpg" alt="Strange English Signs along The California Native Yunan China Tours - Sign in Chinese Hotel in Beijing " width="350" height="257" /></td>
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<td>On a street corner in Lijiang:</td>
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<td><img class="alignright" style="margin: 4px; float: right;" src="http://www.calnative.com/blog/calnative images/yunan-trips-sign2.jpg" alt="Strange English Signs along The California Native Yunan China Tours - Sign on Street Corner in Lijiang" width="350" height="465" /></td>
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<td>Sign leading to a temple at the top of a hill in Lijiang:</td>
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<td><img class="alignright" style="margin: 4px; float: right;" src="http://www.calnative.com/blog/calnative images/yunan-trips-sign4.jpg" alt="Strange English Signs along The California Native Yunan China Tours - Sign at Temple" width="420" height="294" /></td>
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<td>Sign at Leaping Tiger Gorge:</td>
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<td><img class="alignright" style="margin: 4px; float: right;" src="http://www.calnative.com/blog/calnative images/yunan-trips-sign5.jpg" alt="Strange English Signs along The California Native Yunan China Tours - Sign at Tiger Leaping Gorge" width="350" height="284" /></td>
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<td>Sign at Wild Elephant Preserve in Jing Hong:</td>
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<td><img class="alignright" style="margin: 4px; float: right;" src="http://www.calnative.com/blog/calnative images/yunan-trips-sign6.jpg" alt="Strange English Signs along The California Native Yunan China Tours - Sign at Wild Elephant Preserve in Jing Hong" width="360" height="245" /></td>
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<td>This sign was intended to warn visitors of slippery salt on the trail:</td>
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<td><img class="alignright" style="margin: 4px; float: right;" src="http://www.calnative.com/blog/calnative images/yunan-trips-sign7.jpg" alt="Strange English Signs along The California Native Yunan China Tours - Sign at Wild Elephant Preserve in Jing Hong Warning of Salty Trail" width="360" height="309" /></td>
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<p>Traveling through China, especially in the more off the beaten path areas, is always fascinating. And rarely visited <a href="http://www.calnative.com/china/">Yunan Province</a>, spanning an area from the tropics to the Himalayan highlands, is home to more ethnic groups than any other province in China.</p>
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