In this episode, we go through the terrible history and culture of foot binding. Transcript will be available on the website within the next 24 hours.

Both The Story of Ah Q and Forrest Gump are representative of the zeitgeist at the time of their publication. In this episode, I go through the similarities and differences between the story of Ah Q and Forrest Gump. Enjoy! Transcript will be made available at chinesecolloquialised.com

In this episode, I go over how language can shape someone's pattern of speech and why this can lead some people to think Chinese people are rude. I then go through some major translation incidents.  Transcript will be on the website: chinesecolloquialised.com

In this episode, we briefly and speedily run through the very interesting Cypriot history. Transcript will be available on http://chinesecolloquialised.com.

We stand with Ukraine.

Since it's the lunar new year coming up and it will be the year of the tiger, I thought it would be interesting to explore the Chinese idiom: 不入虎穴，焉得虎子.  Happy Year of the Tiger!

Happy New Year! In this episode, we catch up on what has been happening in Xi'an in terms of COVID prevention measures. Transcript available on: http://chinesecolloquialised.com

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.com Buy Me Coffee code: buymeacoff.ee/kaycee

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

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).

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.com Transcript available at: https://chinesecolloquialised.com

《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