Podcast Episodes

Intermediate | 中国河南少林寺用4亿多人民币买地 | Shaolin Temple in Henan, China buys land with over 400 million RMB | Mandarin Chinese Story

Shaolin Temple is an important Buddhist monastery in China. Shaolin kung fu has appeared in many Chinese films, such as "Shaolin Temple" starring Jet Li.

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Advanced | 中国官方开始鼓励生两个孩子，但年轻夫妻不想生了 | Chinese officials are starting to encourage the birth of two children, but young couples don't want to have them | Mandarin Chinese Story

China's family planning policy was introduced in 1982. Since then, China has entered the era of one child per couple. However, this policy ended in 2016 and Chinese officials began to encourage coupl…

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Intermediate | b站：中国版的YouTube | Bilibili: China's YouTube | Mandarin Chinese Story

Bilibili, or "B站" for short, is considered by the Chinese to be the Chinese version of YouTube.It is growing rapidly.

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Beginner | 用百度地图查一下 | Use Baidu Map to look it up | Mandarin Chinese Story

Gao Yue is in Beijing on business and wants to have dinner with her relatives who live here. But she doesn't know where the restaurant is. She is asking the waiter at the hotel.

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Beginner丨电视剧里的校园生活丨Campus life in TV series丨Mandarin Chinese Story

Li Yang and Gao Yue are watching TV series. What are they talking about?

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Intermediate | 在网络上学英语 | Learn English on the Internet | Mandarin Chinese Story

Gao Yue likes watching English videos made by foreign people on Bilibili. She wants to improve her Oral English. What will she do next?

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Advanced | 火灾发生时，丈夫紧紧拉住阳台外的妻子 | Husband grabs wife outside balcony when fire breaks out | Mandarin Chinese Story

In City Nanjing in China, when a fire happened, the husband tried his best to keep his wife safe. They are a couple of workers here who comes from other small cities. Here are more details about the …

Published on 3 years, 8 months ago

Intermediate | 二十四节气之春分 | The 24 Solor Terms--Spring Equinox | Mandarin Chinese Story

Today is the Spring Equinox, which is one of the 24 solar terms in China. The spring equinox is the fourth solar term in spring. It is not only a solar term representing climate change, but also of g…

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Advanced | 竹林七贤 | Seven Sages Of Bamboo Forest | Mandarin Chinese Story

In Chinese history, there are seven very special characters who lived in the turbulent Wei and Jin Dynasties. Although they were born in a noble families and well-educated, they were indifferent to f…

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Beginner | 找一个室友 | Find A Flat Mate | Mandarin Chinese Story

Sharing a house is a good option for many students or people who have just started working, as long as they find a flat mate who is suitable and pleasant to talk to. In today’s story, we will see tha…

Published on 3 years, 8 months ago