I'm back! In this episode, we talk about the City of Ghosts. It sounds fictitious but it very much exists! Where is it? And why is it known as the City of Ghosts?? Let's find out!  Transcript available on: http://chinesecolloquialised.com 

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Episode 79:  魔鬼城 (City of Ghosts)

In this episode, we take a moment to admire some of 许渊冲's works.Transcript will be available at: www.chinesecolloquialised.com 

Episode 78: 许渊冲 (Xu Yuanchong)

In this episode, we have a look at how Tencent was and is viewed by its partners and competitors, including how Tencent went from being a public enemy to being the favourite. June Workshop Tickets (Four-Day Work Week): 1A: 27 June, 10:00-11:00 (BST)1B: 27 June, 18:00-19:00 (BST)Transcript available at: www.chinesecolloquialised.com 

Episode 77: 看看腾讯爸爸 (When did Tencent start playing nice? )

Recently I read a news article reporting that China has over 200 million people who are single. Why is this? Let's have a look!Transcript will be available at: chinesecolloquialised.com 

Episode 76: 中国目前单身人口近2亿 (Why are so many people in China still single?!)

In this episode, we discuss why people don't like this "adjusted leave" concept and whether it should be cancelled for good. Transcript available: http://chinesecolloquialised.com 

Episode 75: 调休是不是该淘汰了? (Should "Adjusted Leave" Be Cancelled?)

In this episode, we talk about China's International Workers' Day adjusted leave / time-off in lieu system. How does one day off become five days off?! And what do people in China think of this system? Transcript available: http://chinesecolloquialised.com 

Episode 74: 五一调休（China's International Workers' Day Adjusted Leave System）

In this episode, we borrow the plot from the TV series 《小舍得》to explore China's junior to high school education culture.Transcript available at: http://chinesecolloquialised.com 

Episode 73: 《小舍得》(China‘s junior to high school education culture)

In this episode I talk about an article I've written (in English) in response to The Sunday Times' remark that seems to condone, approve and trivialise Prince Philip's racist "gaffes". The article: https://chinesecolloquialised.com/category/blog/Transcript for today's episode: https://chinesecolloquialised.com 

Episode 72:《星期日泰晤士报》的口误 (The Sunday Times' Gaffe About Slitty Eyes)

Who do you think is China's first female emperor? What if I told you there are actually three contenders? Let's have a look. ?Transcript available: http://chinesecolloquialised.comBuy Me Coffee code: buymeacoff.ee/kaycee 

Episode 71: 中国第一位女皇帝 (The First Female Emperor of China)

In this episode, I briefly summarise the Xinjiang cotton issue and read a couple of news articles from China and a couple from the West to see how the issue was covered from different perspectives. Transcript available at: http://chinesecolloquialised.com 

Episode 70: 新疆棉花事件 (Xinjiang Cotton)

Let's play with some Chinese characters this week. 1. Can you guess the Chinese character from the short riddles?2. What can you replace 弄 with for the sentence to still make sense? 3. Where can you insert punctuations to break the sentence up? There are 5 possible different sentences with different meanings, can you find them all? Let me know on Instagram or in the comments section on my website, where the transcript is also available (http://chinesecolloquialised.com).

Episode 69: 汉字游戏 (How well do you know your Chinese characters?) ;)

In this episode we talk #marriage! We take a closer look at the characters 娶 and 嫁 and their implicit meanings. We also cover 娘家 and 赘婿 to gain a certain cultural perspective of marriage in China. Chinese Conversed: https://chineseconversed.comTranscript available at: https://chinesecolloquialised.com 

Episode 68: 他娶她嫁他 （Will You Marry Me?)

《从你的全世界路过》Read With Me Deep Dive Part 3. In this episode, I run through some of the colloquial/uncommon/helpful terms in this first short story of the second night. What do you think about the series so far? To see the transcript, visit: https://chinesecolloquialised.com (https://chinesecolloquialised.com/)

Episode 67(b): Read With Me Deep Dive: 《从你的全世界路过》第二夜：表白 （"I Belonged To You", The Second Night: Confessing Love)

Let's read the first short story of the second chapter of 《从你的全世界路过》; it's called 我希望有个如你一般的人.  To see the transcript, visit: https://chinesecolloquialised.com (https://chinesecolloquialised.com/)

Episode 67: 《从你的全世界路过》第二夜：表白 （"I Belonged To You", The Second Night: Confessing Love)

《从你的全世界路过》(I Belonged To You) Read With Me Deep Dive Part 2. In this episode, I run through some of the colloquial/uncommon terms in this second and last part of chapter 1. Video version available on YouTube (link below)I would always recommend that you buy a copy of the book, to support the author if nothing else, but online versions are available if you wanted to read along with me in the meantime (link below). Here we go!To see the transcript, visit: https://chinesecolloquialised.comYouTube video: https://youtu.be/_gruZYFll40#readwithme #bilingualbooks #learnmandarin

Episode 66(b): Read With Me Deep Dive: 《从你的全世界路过》(I Belonged To You) (2)

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