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 talk about China's International Workers' Day adjusted leave / time-off in lieu system. How does one day off become five days off?! And what do people in China think of this system? 

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In this episode, we borrow the plot from the TV series 《小舍得》to explore China's junior to high school education culture.

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