Passport – check. Suitcase – check. Dreams of visiting the Great Wall and other marvels of China? Let's help you out a little. In this episode, we offer you travel tips and essential advice for your summer China trip: apps, translation tools, booking tickets for attractions, maps and more. We're joined by Beijing-based tour guide Chen Hongpeng and CGTN China Travel host Jack Klumpp. New China Popcast host Min Rui starts the show with a quickfire round of questions, to test our guests' knowledge of traveling in China. Also, we answer questions from tourists out and about in Beijing.

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Can you put hanfu clothing in a washing machine? Can people who are not Chinese wear this cultural attire from China? And does the Adidas Tang jacket count as hanfu? Amid the revival of hanfu among China's Gen Zs and other young people, China Popcast unpacks these issues and much more. Our guests in the studio are Beijing-based hanfu enthusiasts Chen Huiyi and Wang Zicheng, aka Sanhuai Mingche, who both offer us insight into the origins of these traditional garments, the reasons for its comeback among young people and its role in cultural identity. US-based Jason Tse, a member of the North California Hanfu Association and co-author of the book "Hanfu," joins us for an online chat to share more on the overseas hanfu experience. And, stay tuned until the end of the show for an announcement from host Lucy. 

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Can you put hanfu clothing in a washing machine? Can people who are not Chinese wear this cultural attire from China? And does the Adidas Tang jacket count as hanfu? Amid the revival of hanfu among China's Gen Zs and other young people, China Popcast unpacks these issues and much more. Our guests in the studio are Beijing-based hanfu enthusiasts Chen Huiyi and Wang Zicheng, aka Sanhuai Mingche, who both offer us insight into the origins of these traditional garments, the reasons for its comeback among young people and its role in cultural identity. US-based Jason Tse, a member of the North California Hanfu Association and co-author of the book "Hanfu," joins us for an online chat to share more on the overseas hanfu experience. And, stay tuned until the end of the show for an announcement from host Lucy.

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China is amazing expat residents and visitors with its safety and convenience. From valuables like laptops, tablets and bikes being left untouched in public spaces, to midnight jogs and cycles and seamless delivery services, social media has been abuzz with comforts of a secure life in the country. Brad Krae, an American father of two and husband who lives in Shenzhen, tells China Popcast about why he chose to raise his family in China and how it feels like a place of "endless possibilities."

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They came to RedNote as "Tik Tok refugees" and caught glimpses of Chinese culture they had never seen before. American streamer iShowSpeed toured China, putting the country on full display to millions. "Cousin Sherry" then started telling netizens that they are turning Chinese, forming a global community of Chinese "baddies," a term of endearment and solidarity on social media among people who adopt traditional lifestyle habits – such as drinking warm water and taking traditional Chinese medicine – to improve their lives. And now netizens are taking it to the next level with Chinamaxxing. Chinese-American influencer Sherry Zhu and New York mother Sade take us through the ins and outs of their "becoming Chinese" experiences.

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Heightened emotions, wild plots and fast-paced story telling – these elements come together in the viral screen phenomenon that is short vertical dramas. American actor Christopher Boidy, who has played roles in several short vertical dramas, and Beijing Film Academy Associate Professor Mu Ling join China Popcast for a chat about what makes these shows so addictive and how they are made.

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