Of Course China!

Of Course China!

By Ziv Glikman & Fernando MunozSociety & Culture
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Of Course China! episodes

  • Ep#26: The Foreign Dentist in China | Dr. Zavel Mojica

    Dr. Zavel Mojica, from Costa Rica, has been a foreign dentist in China in the past six years. He has seen the industry develop quickly while treating China expats and a growing Chinese clientele. His stories of fixing bad dentistry for his clients and the questions they ask him are both amusing and remarkable.

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    1 hr 4 min
  • Ep#25: Inventing Baozza - The Ultimate Chinese-Italian Fusion Food | Co-Founder Loren Heinold

    Loren Heinold has been a long-time China expat. He lives in Beijing and loves it. After coming to China as an investment banker, he expanded his interests and his businesses, opened a chain of Mexican restaurant and co-founded Baozza, a combination of Baozi and Pizza, making the ultimate pizza snack. In this long form conversation we discuss the ins and outs of starting and running various businesses in china, getting Mark Cuban to invest in his business, and much more!

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    1 hr 24 min
  • Ep#024: Comedian Joe Wong | From Roasting to Hosting - Coming to America and Going Back to China

    Stand up comedian Joe Wong talks about his humble beginnings. From moving to America for his PhD in Biochemistry to improving his English and starting in stand up comedy in Boston. In our conversation, he mentions roasting Joe Biden 10 years before he becomes the President with a hint to Kamala Harris, and discusses hosting his show on China's CCTV.   

    This interview was held in Dongguan, immediately after Joe did an hour of Chinese stand up comedy, and just before going up to do another hour in English.   

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    33 min
  • Ep#023: Biking to Xinjiang and Debunking Western Misconceptions | Jerry Grey

    Jerry Grey is a British-born Australian who has been living in China since 2004. After a recent biking trip to Xinjiang (not his first time), his experience and recollections gathered a lot of attention as he started debunking western misconceptions about the controversial north-western province.  

    In this episode we talk to Jerry and his wife Ann about the journey they've made, the things they've seen and the recent online popularity Jerry has been getting.  

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    1 hr 30 min
  • Ep#022: Bridging Chinese and Brazilian in China | Sophie Yuen

    Sophie Yuen came from very humble beginnings in a far countryside in Chongqing. Her upbringing made her tough and strict, a personal style she displayed throughout her career. After coming to South China in search of financial independence, she advanced quickly and became the HR and admin manager of Paramount, the first big Brazilian shoe manufacturer in Dongguan, managing shoemakers in China. Bridging Chinese and Brazilian shoemakers was her mission in those days in a company that employed 100 Brazilians in Dongguan.   

    Being diagnosed with breast cancer in 2010 made her realize her true self and become much softer and kinder to herself and to others. Today she's a life and career coach through her company, Sophie's Dream Studio.

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    1 hr 32 min
  • Ep#021: Making Quality Furniture in China | Bram Vandendriessche from Belgium

    Bram Vandendriessche's family make and sell high quality furniture for almost 70 years. Since 2008 they're also making furniture in Dongguan, China and Bram has been living in China and running the Up2Date Medalounger factory since 2012. Growing up around furniture stores gave him a special insight for the trade and today he's become an expert on the furniture manufacturing process. In 2019 he launched a super comfortable and elegant recliner brand called Modulax.

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    1 hr 24 min
  • Ep#020: Romanian Keeps Deli Tradition Alive in China | Florian Benchea

    Florian Benchea is a Romanian deli owner and chef in Shenzhen, China. His enthusiasm about keeping the deli tradition alive is inspiring, while making many foreigners and Chinese customers all over China happy. His homemade sausages, smoked meats and preserves are a rare find in a country that has only few options online for authentic Balkan food. We loved sampling his delicatessen food items and even more, the great conversation.

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    1 hr 20 min
  • Ep#019: Manufacturing Candy in South China | Karl Long, GM at Zed Candy Factory

    Karl Long is an Irishman making candy in China. He is the general manager at Zed Candy factory in Zhangmutou, Dongguan, where he manufactures candy such as gum balls and jellybeans, and export it to 50 countries around the world. Zed Candy was founded in Ireland in 1992 and moved its factory to China in 2008. Karl has been living and working as an expat in China since 2002 in Harbin, Beijing, Hangzhou, Hefei, and now Dongguan.

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    1 hr 5 min
  • Ep#018: Hospitality Managment is a Non-Stop Job | with Fuat Koroglu, International Hotels' GM

    Fuat Koroglu is a Turkish hotelier working in the hospitality industry since 1990. He first worked for Kempinski Hotels for 24 years in Turkey, Dubai, Egypt (during the 2011 Arab Spring) and China. In 2015 he made the move to Wanda Hotels and Resorts, one of the fastest growing brands in China, as GM of Wanda Realm Beijing and later in 2018 he became GM at Wanda Vista Dongguan.  

    In our conversation, we discuss the traits and habits that make a good hotelier, Fuat's remarkable experience running the Kempinski Hotel in Cairo during the revolution, and the hotel industry measures of survival during the recent 2020 pandemic.

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    1 hr 38 min
  • Ep#017: Business Insider with a Teenager - How I Published a Book at 15 Years Old | Shirley Wang

    Shirley Wang is an impressive young entrepreneur who self-published a book—Business Insider with a Teenager—earlier this year (2020). This talented 15-year-old is a writer, photographer, coach and businesswoman who is very inspiring for the young generation of ambitious teenagers. In this conversation we dive into teenage business ideas, the experience she gained in the last few years, what makes such a young person so ambitious, and how can parents motivate their kids to be more proactive and go-getters.  

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    1 hr 32 min

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