A1 German News | Hong Kong Bookseller Who Defied China Dies

Learn with slow German news for A1 listening practice. In this episode: A Nasa-funded spacecraft launches to catch the falling Swift telescope and lift it back to a safer orbit. Also: Hong Kong bookseller Lam Wing-kee dies in Taipei after selling books critical of China and fleeing to Taiwan. Today’s German focus: fallen = to fall. Vocabulary: retten (to save or rescue), Angst haben (to be afraid), aufmachen (to open). Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, English translation, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/german-a1-2026-07-04