Podcast Episodes

Ep.25 (English) China's Education System

In this English episode, I briefly introduce how China's education system is structured from Kindergarten to 12th grade. We mainly talk about:

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4 years, 1 month ago

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Ep.24 中国的教育系统 China's Education System

In this Mandarin episode, I briefly introduce how China's education system is structured from kindergarten to post-secondary education: how many year…

4 years, 1 month ago

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Ep.23 Mandarin Chat: 今天是我的生日🎂

In today's birthday episode, I talked about how I spent my birthday today. 

Some useful expressions:

其实(qíshí): in reality, actually请假(qǐngjià): ask fo…

4 years, 1 month ago

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Ep.22 (English) Why doesn't China have Daylight Saving Time (any more)?

In this English episode, I talk about why we had daylight saving in the first place and why China, after briefly experimented with the idea, decided …

4 years, 2 months ago

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Ep.21 夏时令(xià shí zhì): Daylight Saving Time in China?

In this Mandarin episode, I explore the history and reason behind Daylight Saving Time and talk about why China only adopted Daylight Saving Time for…

4 years, 2 months ago

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Ep.20 (English) Why China only uses Beijing Time?

In this English episode I talk about the history of time zones in China and the universal use of Beijing time now for the entire country, which spans…

4 years, 2 months ago

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Ep.19 时区(shíqū): Are there different times in China?

In this Mandarin episode, I explore why China only uses Beijing time despite the fact that it spans across 5 different time zones, compare China's ti…

4 years, 2 months ago

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Ep.18 (English) Halloween in China?

This English episode covers the Chinese translation of Halloween, a short recap of Halloween origin and tradition,  the Chinese version of Halloween …

4 years, 2 months ago

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Ep.17 万圣节(wànshèngjié)🎃: Halloween in China?

In this Mandarin Halloween special, I talk about the meaning of Halloween in Mandarin, its traditions and customs, and relate the festival to the ori…

4 years, 2 months ago

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Ep.16 (English) Huoguo the Chinese Hot Pot

In this English episode, I talk about Huoguo the Chinese hot pot: what is it? How to have a hot pot meal? And why is it popular among Chinese across …

4 years, 2 months ago

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