In this episode, we go through the terrible history and culture of foot binding.

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Both The Story of Ah Q and Forrest Gump are representative of the zeitgeist at the time of their publication. In this episode, I go through the similarities and differences between the story of Ah Q and Forrest Gump. Enjoy!

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In this episode, I go over how language can shape someone's pattern of speech and why this can lead some people to think Chinese people are rude. I then go through some major translation incidents. 

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In this episode, we briefly and speedily run through the very interesting Cypriot history.

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We stand with Ukraine. 

Since it's the lunar new year coming up and it will be the year of the tiger, I thought it would be interesting to explore the Chinese idiom: 不入虎穴，焉得虎子. 

Happy Year of the Tiger!

Happy New Year! In this episode, we catch up on what has been happening in Xi'an in terms of COVID prevention measures.

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In this episode, we take a moment to admire some of 许渊冲's works.

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In this episode, we have a look at how Tencent was and is viewed by its partners and competitors, including how Tencent went from being a public enemy to being the favourite.

June Workshop Tickets (Four-Day Work Week):

1A: 27 June, 10:00-11:00 (BST)

1B: 27 June, 18:00-19:00 (BST)

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Recently I read a news article reporting that China has over 200 million people who are single. Why is this? Let's have a look!

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