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Popup Chinese — Absolute Beginners: No More Toilet Paper
More tragic words have never been spoken. Two hours ago you were enjoying the best spicy chicken this side of Chongqing. Now your lunch is having the…
17 years, 3 months ago
Popup Chinese — Advanced: Vintage Science Fiction
We sent our troops into the studio with a simple request for vintage science fiction, but it wasn't until we conscripted the duck they began to get t…
17 years, 3 months ago
Popup Chinese — Intermediate: The Orphanage
You'd have thought we'd have stopped with the child labor jokes after that kerfuffle at the UNESCO conference in Hangzhou. Remember the one? It was t…
17 years, 3 months ago
Popup Chinese — Absolute Beginners: Missing Keys
We've all been in this sordid situation. Your date was a wild success and you've come back home for a nightcap. But just as you step to the door you …
17 years, 3 months ago
Popup Chinese — Elementary: Unsuccessful Branding
On occasion, our shameless sense of self-promotion here at Popup Chinese rubs up against unforgiving reality. This is a podcast about one of these oc…
17 years, 4 months ago
Popup Chinese — Intermediate: Locked in the Studio
Whenever someone visits our office and asks how we get such natural dialogues we just smile. The truth is that podcasting in China is a ruthless busi…
17 years, 4 months ago
Popup Chinese — Elementary: Death by Appliance
In this podcast we hear a tragic tale of a homicidal non-cooling appliance. This lesson also marks another experiment with our recording format: rath…
17 years, 4 months ago
Popup Chinese — Intermediate: How to Swear in Chinese
Ever smashed your finger in a car door and found yourself at a loss for words? In this podcast we'll teach you how to swear in Chinese using a relati…
17 years, 4 months ago
Popup Chinese — Pinyin Practice: zi
Our podcast for today is our second show in a new series we're launching to teach proper Chinese pronunciation. Our focus today is on a common proble…
17 years, 4 months ago
Popup Chinese — Advanced listening test: The Band's Perspective
Today we bring you yet another overlooked perspective on a great historical event. We don't want to say too much more because this is a listening tes…
17 years, 4 months ago