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Intermediate | Pricey Beer
When you can get take out draft beer poured into a plastic bag for pennies, it's easy to get incensed over the price of pijiu. In this podcast, learn…
2 years, 7 months ago
Upper-intermediate | Badminton
It's a bird... it's a plane... no. It's the biggest thing to hit China since ping pong. Meet another sport beloved by the Chinese. In this podcast, l…
2 years, 7 months ago
Intermediate | Opinions on Poetry
Poems seem like they'd be a lot easier to write in Mandarin. Think of all the words that rhyme with 'shu': lu, chu, du, fu, bu, su, poo... oh wait a …
2 years, 7 months ago
Upper-intermediate | A Visit by the Police
Inspired by many a Shanghai late-night party, be it mahjong with hard of hearing participants getting riled up on baijiu, or a laowai house party, pe…
2 years, 7 months ago
Intermediate | Fighting over the Bill
Due to the bill-snatching prowess of the Chinese, you may find yourself at a disadvantage when it comes to tactical check-paying maneuvers, post-dinn…
2 years, 7 months ago
Upper-intermediate | Taking the HSK
The 'Fear Factor' of Chinese tests, the sit-down-break-out-in-a-sweat test, the kind of test those standing-naked-at-the-front-of-the-class nightmare…
2 years, 7 months ago
Intermediate | Getting Reimbursed
ChinesePod may be the only company in the world where employees can be legitimately reimbursed for buying knock-off DVDs (they were for Movie Madness…
2 years, 8 months ago
Upper-intermediate | Chinese Medicine: Acupuncture, Cupping and Scraping
You have an aversion to being poked? No problem! You can get suction cupped! The polka-dotted welts clash with your striped outfit? Get skin scraped!…
2 years, 8 months ago
Intermediate | Godzilla in Shanghai
Incredible, unstoppable titan of terror! Mightiest monster! Mightiest melodrama of them all! Civilization crumbles as its death rays blast a city of …
2 years, 8 months ago
Upper-intermediate | SBTG: Health Class
Yes, this is the same health class that deals with the facts of life, however, you will have to patiently sit through a passionate lesson on the circ…
2 years, 8 months ago