<?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>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 01:07:52 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@richristow/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Being a Very Ill Zoo Animal in China]]></title><description><![CDATA[A few days ago, I recently got out of the hospital after five weeks of having an IV stuck in my arm and a drainage tube in my side. Long story short: I have liver cirrhosis type one brought upon by years]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/art/@richristow/being-very-ill-zoo-animal-in-china</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/art/@richristow/being-very-ill-zoo-animal-in-china</guid><category><![CDATA[art]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[richristow]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2025 04:53:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2923mN3pnd7PiNwC4SZeLS8gsPqbAhHKzXBuEw8fyNBLqCJGUear3NG45Bb7mQBcVGAuenwsf64obDroE4EKtsK7KjX4q9AryK29RwxYKnLdJv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A First Real Experience with Hainan Chicken]]></title><description><![CDATA[In my end of China, foreign food can be split, mostly, into two categories: western and non-Chinese Asian. Predominately, the Asian varieties tend to be dominated by Japanese, Indian, Thai, and Korean.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-120586/@richristow/a-first-real-experience-with-hainan-chicken</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-120586/@richristow/a-first-real-experience-with-hainan-chicken</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-120586]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[richristow]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2023 06:14:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3zpz8WQe4SNGkE7moUEDKrWLaiAXZADzKvxvxYBjPt6V8KYhSbRsLiZ16tEvBMD9UvM3a1ckAfriTweR2HFBGetG5U3RovbYGvvQNCvDUoNtTUEJKKd78y5znwDvrNfxHmbzBzmT5mfbFdWhK7r6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Year of the Rabbit Spring Festival Photos]]></title><description><![CDATA[So, currently China is in the middle of the Spring Festival / Chinese New Year. The Chinese zodiac follows a 12 year lunar cycle. 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Like in a few months after moving to China, it's no longer funny.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/travel/@richristow/a-different-type-of-playboy-in-china</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/travel/@richristow/a-different-type-of-playboy-in-china</guid><category><![CDATA[travel]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[richristow]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2019 02:03:18 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>