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Ep.28 中外预约文化 Appointment Cultures
In this Mandarin episode, I compare the appointment cultures in China and Europe & US: How prevalent is the appointment culture? When do you have to …
4 years, 4 months ago
Ep.27 高考 (gāo kǎo) China's College Entrance Exam
In this Mandarin episode, I talk about 高考 (gāo kǎo) college entrance exam.
What is 高考 short for？When is 高考？When are the exams held?What subjects are …4 years, 4 months ago
Ep.26 (English) What is Gaokao-China’s SAT?
In this English episode I talked about Gaokao, China's College Entrance Examination. Questions I covered include:
When is Gaokao?Does everyone take th…4 years, 4 months ago
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:
Age req…4 years, 4 months ago
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, 4 months ago
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:
4 years, 4 months ago
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, 5 months ago
Ep.21 夏时令(xià shí zhì): Daylight Saving Time in China?
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很多国家每年都会调整时间，这就是“夏令时”（Daylight Saving Time）。为什么会有夏令时？它真的能节约能源吗？中国有没有使用过夏令时？这一期《五分钟中文》带你一起了解夏令时的历史、原因以及不同国家的做法。
Many co…
4 years, 5 months ago
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, 5 months ago
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, 5 months ago