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[The World of Chinese] Barbe-queue forever: How social media hype changed Zibo

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China Stories from the Sinica Network on The China Project brings you audio narration of the best articles and op-eds appearing in Sixth Tone, Caixin Global, Week in China, The World of Chinese, and of course The China Project. Subscribe to the podcast and you can listen to features on the go, with narrators who won’t butcher the pronunciation of Chinese names and words.

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[The World of Chinese] Barbe-queue forever: How social media hype changed Zibo