In a special bonus episode, Eric sits down with a pair of local runners, Gab and Edmond, to talk about the Bamboo Grove Jialing River Half Marathon in Chongqing, their attitudes to running, and the observations they've made on health and fitness in China.

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Establishing the connection between the two masterminds of the band, Gorillaz, Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett, and China's best loved novel, Journey to the West.

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Part two of Eoin and Eric's investigation into the cyberpunk aesthetic of China. This week, the pair tackle the perceived orientalism of cyberpunk fiction which started in Japan and progressed to modern day China. They also examine a few more of the tropes common in cyberpunk worlds.

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For this weeks episode, Eoin and Eric go futuristic by traversing the world of cyberpunk. Separating the fiction from reality, they examine how the many tropes of the genre are enacted across the cities of China, with particular focus placed on Chongqing.

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For their third episode, Eoin and Eric take their listeners on a culinary odyssey through the weird and wonderful foods of China while dispelling the many myths and misconceptions that surround Chinese food culture.

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Inspired by a recent spell of personal fitness ventures, Eoin and Eric explore the importance of fitness in the Chinese psyche and the new initiatives behind the nudge towards better health across the country.

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Eoin and Eric discuss the importance of mosquitoes, the city of Chongqing in south-west China and, following their discovery of a French naval barracks nearly two thousand kilometres inland, investigate the reasons why colonial powers in 19th century China took vested interest in trade along the Yangtze river.

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