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With the summer holiday easily approaching its end, we are taking a hard look at this particular time, which is supposed to be relaxing and refreshing, and discuss whether it has served its role.

There was a time when Spring Festival was the only holiday of the year when Chinese people gave themselves a treat: purchasing a new set of clothes, getting "red envelopes", having a fancy meal, etc.. With China's economy growing leaps and bounds in the past 4 decades, people no longer need to wait till the Spring Festival to enjoy themselves, but are we still attached to the tradition? Is it taking on any new significance? Tune in to find out more. 

It seems being single is becoming a more and more trendy thing, whether in China or in other countries, but is that a choice to fully enjoy oneself without the hassle of dealing with the existence of another person in one's life, or is it actually defiance to the uncertainty of this world? Tune in to this episode to find out why marriage is less popular with today's young people.  

As a podcast that boasts of "talking across the Pacific", we can't believe we waited for 3 episodes before actually discussing the arguably most pivotal relations on the global stage, the ties between "Uncle Sam" and the "Middle Kingdom", but as 3 ordinary people, we tent to go at it from a more people-oriented way. 

Work/life balance is something akin to a fairy tale, which is just too good to be true for many people. It's already 2023, but most of us are still striving for some quality time in life while managing to do their work well. So how are we doing in this quest? Is it even possible to strike a balance between work and life? As most Chinese are now enjoying an unprecedented 8-day  Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day dual holidays, we deem it timely to discuss this very important topic. And in the spirit of this episode, we wish you a very relaxing rest before work starts all over again.

In a time when both China and the US strive for a better economic outlook, are people feeling the pinch? Funny enough, Liang and Rachel have different perceptions. Listen to this episode for some laymen explanation of how people are doing with their wallet in the two nations, and get some expert opinions about the macroeconomy from our special guest Andrew Zhu, National Leader, Global Business Tax Services, Deloitte China. Spoiler alert: the key to a better economy has to do with a word that starts with C.

初来乍到，请允许我们介绍自己，聊一聊创建这个播客的初衷，并分享我们各自生活在大城市和小城市里的苦与乐。A podcast of which the idea was born four years ago is finally being produced now. We'd like you to know us through this episode and decide to tune in for the next.