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Writer Lindsay Varty tells us all about weird and wonderful jobs from China's past that are still being done today! Lindsay's latest book, Sunset Survivor, is all about traditional Chinese jobs in Hong Kong.
And Year 4 kids from Clearwater Bay School give us their take on some interesting jobs - from poo collectors to female pirates like Zheng Shi! (Sorry that the sound quality isn't great for this segment.) Thank you: Emily Blackshaw, Angel Lieu, Sheldon Wong, Charlotte Morley, Lola Bovenlander, Catherine Liu and Noah Kerr.
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Podcast cover art by Molly Austin
Instrumental music by Kevin MacLeod
Sound effects used under RemArc Licence. Copyright 2018 © BBC
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Writer Lindsay Varty tells us all about weird and wonderful jobs from China's past that are still being done today! Lindsay's latest book, Sunset Survivor, is all about traditional Chinese jobs in Hong Kong.
And Year 4 kids from Clearwater Bay School give us their take on some interesting jobs - from poo collectors to female pirates like Zheng Shi! (Sorry that the sound quality isn't great for this segment.) Thank you: Emily Blackshaw, Angel Lieu, Sheldon Wong, Charlotte Morley, Lola Bovenlander, Catherine Liu and Noah Kerr.
Questions for after you've listened come right at the end, after the outtakes…
Questions for after you've listened:
Join us on:
Instagram, Twitter and Facebook
Please rate and review us wherever you get podcasts. And share our podcast on social media and recommend it to friends – that's how we'll keep going.
See you in two weeks!
Podcast cover art by Molly Austin
Instrumental music by Kevin MacLeod
Sound effects used under RemArc Licence. Copyright 2018 © BBC

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