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#268 Why Did a “Terrible Film” Become So Popular? 为什么人们看《牛来》？

#267 “Pin” the Chinese Way to Save Money 拼多多

#266 China’s New Maths Stars 中国的数学新星

#265 Would You Date an AI Robot? 你想和AI机器人谈恋爱吗？

#264 让人又爱又恨的中国足球 The Chinese Football Team: Loved and Hated

#263 The Goose Leg Auntie Scandal 鹅腿阿姨

#262 China's Electric Car Boom 中国电车

#261 中国和毒品 Drugs in China

#260 特朗普在中国的“认真模式” Trump’s “Serious Mode” in China

#259 Will Our Digital Clone Replace Us? 数字人会取代我们吗?

#258 Work Buddies in China 上班搭子

#257 ‘Sudden Death’ of a Chinese Celebrity 张雪峰猝死

#256 One Drop of Blood Solves a Case? The Story of Henry Lee 华人神探李昌钰

#255 An Annual TV Show that Exposes Bad Products 315晚会

#254 All-Women Repair Team全女维修工

#253 The Hidden Workers of the City 我在北京送快递

#252 Uncle Hanzi 汉字叔叔

#251 Kung Fu Robots on Spring Festival Gala 中国春晚的机器人

#250 Year of the Horse… or Year of Malfoy?马年和马尔福

#249 All In, Then All Out上头和下头

#248 When a Story Doesn’t End 章莹颖案

#247 Love You, My Old self. See You Tomorrow.” 爱你老己，明天见

#246 Chinese Government Started to Manage People’s Weight? 中国开始管理人们体重了？

#245 The Fastest Nurse in China and Debate about her最快护士和她的争议

#244 Why New Year Resolution fail 新年计划总失败?

#243 Walking the Line on Chinese Social Media擦边

#242 Why Chinese old people love tour group? 为什么大爷大妈喜欢旅游团？

#241 The Rise of Eating Alone in China 一人食

#240 The Chinese Dubbing of Zootopia 2 Caused Debate 中文配音引争议

#239 A Brit in China’s Kitchen 做中国菜的英国人

#238 Why Are Blind Boxes So Popular in China? 为什么盲盒这么受欢迎？

#237 Leftovers for 120 Cats 剩菜养活120只流浪猫

#236 Why Everyone in China Knows this Tibetan man? 藏族男孩丁真

#235 Where Do Chinese People Like to Immigrate To?中国人移民喜欢去哪儿？

#234 Burning Corn: Creativity or Waste? 玉米燃料是浪费吗？

#233 The First Full 24 Hours in a Hotel in China 24小时退房酒店

#232 China Golden Week Tent Trend 黄金周睡帐篷

#231 From Chicken Cutlets to Fame 鸡排哥的故事

#230 Young People in China Becoming Rat? 老鼠人

#229 XiBei Restaurant and the Pre-Made Food Debate 西贝餐厅和预制菜

#228 The Registrar Who Stopped Divorces 最美红娘？

#227 Dogs Eating Better Than Humans? 宠物吃得比人好

#226 The War on Second-hand Smoke二手烟的战争

#225 The Secret World of Extra Classes in China 补课的秘密

#224 Stop the Comparison Game 和自己比

#223 Chinese start tipping? 中国开始给小费了？

#222 The Bubble Tea Assassin 奶茶刺客

#221 Tasty Words: Chinese Food Metaphors 用食物说话

#220 Keyboard Warriors键盘侠

#219 News Review: Nanjing’s Fake Lady Crime 南京红先生

#218 Networking 建立人脉

#217 Pearl’s Chinese Story 赛珍珠和中国

#216 Work like Cows and Horses 像牛马一样工作

#215 The Monster Behind a Billion-Dollar Toy Labubu的故事

#214 Are you a ‘slow-burn person’? 你是慢热的人吗？

#213 Kindergarten Survival Skills in China 中国幼儿园的生存训练

#212 Fast Food, Tough Job 外卖骑手的生活

#211 The Many Meanings of 点 in Chinese 说说“点”

#210 Wild Louie 六一“野”了

#209 The Happiest Supermarket in China 中国最幸福的超市

#208 ‘Dad Flavour’ VS ‘Mum Flavour’ 爹味和妈味

#207 Why Do Chinese People Ask Personal Questions? 为什么中国人喜欢问隐私？

#206 The Chinese Government Wants People to Lose Weight 政府喊你减肥

#205 Second-Hand Lifestyle 二手生活

#204 Surviving an Earthquake: 劫后余生

#203 打卡拍照 “Checking In” and Taking Photos

#202 Floating in the City 那些漂在大城市的年轻人

#201 From a Security Guard to a Lawyer 从保安到律师

#200 The Grass is Always Greener on the Other Side 国外的月亮比较圆

#199 Why Do Chinese People Cover Their Belly Button While Sleeping? 睡觉盖肚脐

#198 From Doctor To 10-Billion-Box-Office-Film Director 哪吒导演的故事

#197 Nezha: The Film Earned 7.5 Billion Box Office 哪吒电影

#196 AI DeepSeek AI改变生活Untitled Episode

#195 Gift-Giving Taboos 送礼的禁忌

#194 TikTok Refugees and RedNote TikTok难民和小红书

#193 Yong Chinese Punk Health 中国年轻人的朋克养生

#192 Talking About Healthy Habits in Chinese 健康生活

#191 Regrets and Growth from 2024 遗憾和成长

#190 The Mysterious Corpse Herders 赶尸人

#189 The ‘Scariest’ Chinese food? 最吓人的中国菜

#188 A Farewell from a Legendary Writer 再见！琼瑶阿姨

#187 How an 8 million Influencer Got Canceled by Gen Z 网红惹怒00后

#186 Exploring China's Divorce Shows离婚节目在中国大受欢迎

#185 How a Hollywood Star’s Son Became a Chinese Prodigy好莱坞影后的儿子说流利中文

#184 Food Travelling in China 美食旅游

#183 Understanding the confusing polite expressions 客套话

#182 Is working from home feasible in China? 线上办公可行吗？

#181 Her Economy in China 中国的女性经济

#180 The Journey from a Troubled Marriage to Freedom 55岁离家出走阿姨的现状

#179 The Chinese doctor who got stabbed by his patient 陶勇医生

#178 ¥9.9 Coffee taking over Chinese market 9.9元咖啡统治市场

#177 A British Man Worked then Quit from Chinese Mega Company 英国人的大厂打工记

#176 Mistress Deterrence Specialist 小三劝退师

#175 Toxic Fan Groups 有毒的饭圈

#174 The Oldest Olympic Ping Pong Player 年龄最大的乒乓球运动员

#173 Chinese people cannot retire until…? 延迟退休

#172 Old Money? New Money? 不同的有钱人

#171 Taking a driverless taxi in China 在中国坐无人驾驶出租车

#170 How to make the most of China 144-Hour Visa-Free Transit 144小时过境免签怎么玩？

#169 The barista who attacked his customer in China 一个疯了的咖啡师

#168 A new way of saving money in China 省钱新方法

#167 Every type of ‘friend’ in Chinese 说说朋友

#166 A fate-deciding exam 高考

#165 Top secrets from a good Chinese learner (Interview)

#164 Wolf culture in Chinese workplace 狼性文化

#163 Stop the Bullying Style Education! 不要再霸凌式教育孩子了！

#162 Friendship Marriage 友情婚

#161 The most love-hate social media 让人又爱又恨的小红书

#160 Do you have ‘the smell of work’? 你有班味儿吗？

#159 They sell milk tea for 1$ but make billions every year 蜜雪冰城的秘密

#158 She lost 50 kg weight and earned 2.7 billion yuan 瘦50 公斤赚27亿元票房

#157 The Translated Tone Exposed You 2 翻译腔暴露了你

#156 100 million RMB goes to a Tiktok drama 一部抖音电视剧收入一亿元

#155 Social butterfly? Social ‘terrorist’!　社交恐怖份子

#154 Can a married couple celebrate the CNY separately? 夫妻各回各家过年可以吗？

#153 Does Divorce Cooling Period really help? 离婚冷静期真的有用吗？

#152 “爽” The Ultimate Level of Joy

#151 How to see a doctor in China? 在中国怎么看病？

#150 The Translated Tone Exposes You 翻译腔暴露了你

#149 GOAT or Slacker of Learning? 学神还是学渣？

#148 No time for New Year Resolution, but time for phone! 没时间做正事，有时间刷手机？

#147 Will Elderly Care be the future in Chinese market? 养老产业是中国的未来吗？

#146 Are you a relaxed or anxious learner? 你是松弛学习者还是焦虑学习者？

#145 No Night Snack, Go to Night School! 不去夜宵，去夜校

#144 Your Christmas decorations come from this Chinese town 你的圣诞装饰来自这个中国小城

#143 Stereotypes in China 中国各地的刻板印象

#142 When people don’t shop in a shopping festival… 当人们购物节不再购物

#141 We have enough Prepackaged Meals! 预制菜吃够了！

#140 Will Chinese give up their privacy online? 中国网民准备好实名制了吗

#139 Young Chinese Go Crazy 当代年轻人发疯实录

#138 Stop those ‘dog blood’ TV shows 狗血剧真的够了！

#137 Authentic ways of using ‘swipe’ 谈谈“刷”

#136 Every word you want to know to gossip about a bad relationship

#135 ‘Have you worked hard enough?’ Chinese celebrity caused public outcry

#134 ‘Face’ is so important in Chinese! 脸面大过天

#133 This is what they actually mean! Hidden meaning in Chinese conversation 中文里的潜台词

#132 A Single dog 一只单身狗

#131 Chasing-Celebrity Tribe in China 追星族在中国

#130 Magical City Chongqing 魔幻重庆

#129 Chinese Medicine VS Western Medicine 中医VS 西医

#128 Bye for now England, and Hello Thailand! 再见英国，你好泰国！

#127 Famous Chinese singer passed away due to smiling depression 微笑抑郁症

#126 ‘Full-time’ children 全职儿女

#125 Stay Humble and speak like a real Chinese 保持谦虚

#124 How do Chinese parents express their love to children? 中国父母怎么表达爱？

#123 Do Beijing and Shanghai look down on each other? 北京和上海互相看不起吗？

#122 Make small talk like the Chinese 像中国人一样寒暄

#121 He travels around China just with a bike 只用一辆自行车，他环游中国

#120 Top saving tips shared by Chinese people 中国网友的存钱妙招

#119 An aging society has come - How will China deal with it? 中国准备好老龄化社会了吗？

#118 ‘Some people think being gay can be cured’ - LGBTQ+ in China

#117 Chinese young people obsessed with ‘Revenge Travel’ 年轻人爱上“特种兵式旅游”？

#116 Do you prefer physical work or mental work? 你更喜欢体力活还是脑力活？

#115 An American singer who sings Chinese opera songs唱中文歌的美国女歌手

#114 The first transgender celebrity in China 中国第一位跨性别名人

#113 5 Tastes of Life 五味人生

#112 Leslie Cheung, a name that saddens every Chinese 张国荣，一个让人思念的名字

#111 Get on the mysterious Orient Express in China! 来 坐 中国 的 东方 快车 吧 ！

#110 How to give a Chinese name 怎么起中国名？

#109 How can this town attract so many young people after they resigned? 为什么这个小城吸引了这么多辞职的年轻人？

#108 Why more and more people hate authority? 为什么越来越多人讨厌专家？

#107 I had a chat with ChatGPT in Chinese 我和ChatGPT用中文聊了一会儿天

#106 Farewell, our beloved Turkish friend 永别了，唐大哥

#105 Lost 106 days and found dead when he was only 15

#104 Why millions of young people compete for a public sector job

#103 Migration of 1.4 billion resumed 14亿人的春运重启

#102 Yong people’s ‘love replacement’ 不谈恋爱，只吃恋爱代餐的年轻人们

#101 What can you do in at night in China? 中国的夜生活是怎么样的？

#100 Q&A: Everything you want to know

#99 Will China open in 2023? 快到2023了，中国会开放吗？

#98 These foods are stinky, but delicious! 中国有哪些臭但是好吃的食物？

#97 Dr Li Wenliang, a whistleblower of covid-19 becomes a wailing wall 从吹哨人到哭墙的李文亮医生

#96 ‘Water’ is worthless? Unlock a wide use of 水

#95 Chinese way of teasing children traumatized generations 中国式逗娃的阴影

#94 When social phobia becomes ‘popular’ in China 当越来越多中国人开始社恐

#93 How do Chinese see their Leader?

#92 Do you have a ‘love brain’? 你有一颗“恋爱脑”吗？

#91 How much to pay to get a house in the cheapest city? 在中国最便宜的城市买房要多少钱？

#90 Reality shows to boost my Chinese level 看什么真人秀节目可以提高中文水平？

#89 What is like to work in a funeral parlor in China? 在中国的殡仪馆上班是怎么样的体验？

#88 Being sent to prison because of online eating show, what has she done? 吃播被送进监狱，她究竟吃了什么？

#87 What is Chinese horror like? 什么是中式恐怖？

#86 A village on the cliff 中国的悬崖村

#85 Working and living in China as an English teacher

#84 Can a video fix Chinese’s mental internal friction? 一个视频能治好中国人的精神内耗吗？

#83 Table Talk - How do Chinese rate foreign food?

#82 Haunting Chinese Ghost Festival 神秘的中元节

#81 To eat melon = to gossip? Expressions with ‘melon’说一说“瓜”

#80 The wide use of ‘naked’ in Chinese 说说“裸”字

#79 Do you want to live in seclusion in China? 你想要隐居在中国的山林吗?

#78 A young American video blogger building a bridge between America and China 一个美国小伙建造中美的桥梁

#77 Where do super-rich Chinese people live? 中国的超级富豪住在哪儿？

#76 Do Chinese people still read? 中国人还看书吗？

#75 If I could go to only 1 place in China, I would choose… 如果只能去一个地方，我会去…

#74 A ‘fate-deciding’ exam in China 决定命运的考试

#73 Chinese superstition 中国人的迷信

#72 Woman's abduction got Chinese people furious令人愤怒的女性拐卖

#71 How do young Chinese people look for their partners? 中国当代年轻人是怎么找对象的？

#70 A mysterious Chinese custom - drinking hot water 神秘的中国习俗：喝热水

#69 A policy that everyone hates in China 一个 人人都讨厌 的 政策

#68 49-year-old fitness coach brings national workout heat on Tiktok 他49岁，以一己之力带动全国健身

#67 Table Talk: Where to find the BEST Chinese food?

#66 An 81 year-old man and his old-animals zoo 81岁老人和他的动物园

#65 They built the city but can’t afford to buy a home 他们建造了城市，却不能在城市有家

#64 The mystery of ‘urban villages’ in China 中国城中村之谜

#63 A flight that would never arrive 永不抵达的飞机

#62 Young Chinese people ‘lying flat’ to escape the ‘rat race’ 中国年轻人躺平逃内卷

#61 What if I want to give up learning a language…? 如果我想放弃了……

#60 What kinds of movies and TV series can improve my Chinese? 看什么电视电影可以提高中文？

#59 Immerse myself into Chinese! Interview with Chinese learner Matt

#58 He is probably the most loved Japanese athlete by Chinese 他可能是最受中国人欢迎的日本运动员

#57 Eileen Gu, an 18-year old top influencer 谷爱凌，从热爱到顶峰

#56 He was only 15, but was killed by words 网络暴力杀死了15岁少年

#55 How much money you can make from selling street food? 在中国，摆地摊能赚多少钱？

#54 Being single is not shameful anymore 当单身不再可耻...

#53 Fake Chinese teachers on Tiktok you need to STOP! 抖音上的假中文老师该灭绝了！

#52 Chinese live webcast host got fined 1.34 billion yuan… 中国带货主播被罚13.4亿元

#51 What’s your 2022 Resolution? 2022年，你有什么新年目标？

#50 A hundred years of Chinese Christmas history 百年前，中国就有了圣诞节

#49 What is it like to order takeaway in China? 在中国点外卖是怎样的体验？

#48 Is it possible to travel around China by Camper Van? 开房车环游中国，可能吗？

#47 EVERY JOB you want to know in China - School teachers

#46 Do Chinese actually like drinking alcohol? 中国人到底爱不爱喝酒？

#45 Anita Mui Yim Fong, a legend of Chinese music 一代传奇梅艳芳

#44 How to confess your love and reject people in Chinese 怎样用中文表白还有拒绝表白？

#43 Why are Chinese people so obsessed with naps? 中国人为什么这么爱午睡？

#42 No money, no marriage? How much does it cost to get married in China? 没钱就不能结婚？

#41 Do Chinese young people still like saving money? 中国年轻人还爱存钱吗？

#40 What social media do Chinese people use? 中国人用什么社交媒体？

#39 What do Chinese people do during National Holiday? 中国人国庆节做什么？

#38 Is it really difficult to buy a house in China? 在中国买房真的很难吗？

#37 Emma Raducanu, a rising tennis star with diverse background 网球明星艾玛和她的多元背景

#36 I Learned Chinese in My 30s - Interview with American Chinese Ping

#35 Learn Chinese idioms with Hip-hop Man MC Jin 跟着嘻哈侠欧阳靖学成语

#34 Full-time Dad is a great job! 全职奶爸也很伟大

#33 Athlete who can speak fluent Chinese 汉语很溜的运动员

#32 Funny Chinese News this Month 本月傻瓜新闻

#31 How I passed the SUPER HARD HSK 6?

#30 How did I do my Master’s in China with full scholarship? Interview with Andrew

#29 Go to Prison, Kris Wu! 坐牢吧，吴亦凡

#28 Jay Chou - The King of Chinese Pop 周杰伦-中国流行音乐之王

#27 10 Shocking facts from a Chinese teacher living in the UK 生活 在 英国 的 十 个 震惊 事实

#26 Teenage Dating in China is strictly banned?? 中国禁止早恋吗？？

#25 56-year-old lady left depressing marriage to drive around China 56岁阿姨离家环游中国

#24 Luckiest job in the world: panda keeper 最幸福的工作: 熊猫饲养员

#23 What do Chinese people think about 3-children policy? 中国人怎么看三孩生育政策？

#22 He saved 1.4 billion people from hunger-他将14亿人从饥饿中拯救

#21 ‘Cultural shock in China’ Interview with Ben (2)

#20 Interview with video game translator Ben 采访游戏翻译者Ben (1)

#19 Why do fewer Chinese people want babies? 为什么越来越少中国人想要小孩了？

#18 Teenagers damaging school chairs with masks 青少年用口罩破坏学校椅子

#17 A Russian young man goes viral on a Chinese reality TV show 利路修终于下班了！

#16 Can we not overload our children? 不鸡娃，可以吗？

#15 Learning a language is a lifelong process-Interview with Teacher Martha 学语言是一辈子的事

#14 Listening practise-A Day of Louie the cat 六一的一天

#13 What is Tomb-sweeping Day in China? 清明节在中国

#12“Eating soil” after a shopping spree-买买买后，要吃土了！

#11 A school only open for poor Chinese girls 只为贫困女孩儿开放的学校

#10 How well can English children speak Mandarin Chinese? 英国孩子中文说得有多好？

#9 The most beautiful voice 最美的歌声

#8 Mandarin or Cantonese? Which language should I learn? 我该学普通话还是广东话？

#7 Useful idioms related to “eat”: 关于“吃”的表达

#6 A lonely but hopeful Chinese New Year 一个孤单但充满希望的新年

#5 I can't sleep!! 我失眠了！

#4 Chinese employees so fed up with “996”work schedule: 996 让人“生不如死”

#3 From a shy girl to an international teacher 害羞的我，终于走向了世界

#2 Chinese women's voice in talkshow: 脱口秀说出女人的心声

#1 Mr Louie The Cat 猫咪老师六一