In this episode we are looking through two different American lenses of Taiwan, Carl from the Black Expat and myself. We also giggle over the rumor of China banning Christmas, discuss social expectations when living in a host country, dating overseas and nearly burning my apartment down.

1:28   What is a geopat?

6:30 My personal Shanghai geopat update

Changing Scripts Chinese language test, HSK 1, vlogs

10 second Chinese language in the wild Instagram videos

20:56 Taiwan blog reading, "Me in Taiwan", June 6, 2004 and June 7, 2004

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31:28 Current day Shanghai, China geopat reaction to blog reading

Transparency index

Lenaround’s YouTube AMWF (Asian man, Western female) dating channel

48:09 China news

Christmas soldier with rifle

Where’s Poppy YouTube video about Christmas banning

University’s Victoria Secrets Fashion Show article

Baopal’s knitted wool hat

New multi-city metro card coming to China in 2018

1:00:05 OVER THEREness SEGMENT: Carl’s “The Black Expat” podcast  

The Black Expat podcast

Carl’s Instagram feed

CP Travels

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