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Round Table China — 415 episodes

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The dark side of weight loss camps

2

The battle against the bite

3

Round Table presents: "Art Makes Us Better"- A Cross Pacific Musical Collaboration

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Encore: Singing across borders

5

Encore: Why does a loving boyfriend take ugly photos?

6

Encore: Beijing's plan to save the Great Wall

7

Encore: Tradition's tricky digital rebirth

8

Listening-to-advice marketing

9

Navigating China's new college majors

10

Why does a loving boyfriend take ugly photos?

11

May Day holiday travel snapshot

12

Generation Global: Navigating a Changing World, Ep. 5

13

Your past or your privacy?

14

Generation Global: Navigating a Changing World, Ep. 4

15

The Soapbox: Village fashion show

16

Bonus Ep: Turning pages, opening stories

17

Global demand fueling Chinese online literature growth

18

AI ride-hailing reinvents the way we move

19

The Why: AEDs in Cars

20

Where history, technology, and storytelling meet

21

When a child teaches grown-ups how to love

22

Tree parenting 101

23

How AI is redefining the teacher

24

Technology's promise, humanity's price

25

Read, then roam

26

Beijing's robot race: fun or future?

27

It's time for looted art to come home

28

Can cheaper parking fix congestion?

29

SBTI: The "unhinged" personality test

30

Inside the 16th Beijing International Film Festival

31

Bonus Ep: Travel China through film

32

The rise of living anywhere

33

Navigating the AI actor controversy

34

Encore: Is your grandma a gamer?

35

Encore: What makes a house a good house?

36

Does greatness require suffering?

37

The 6th China International Consumer Products Expo

38

Are you seeing more mosquitoes earlier this year?

39

China's next phase of E-commerce

40

From classrooms to kickoffs

41

Grow from your smartphone

42

China Finds Ep. 2: When ancient grief met modern relief

43

The unexpected rise of "City Busing"

44

The 0.3% social insurance solution

45

The parental school volunteering trap

46

The new Qingming: From ancient rituals to eco-burials

47

Why can't China stop working overtime?

48

Silver screens: Navigating the digital frontier with China's 161 million seniors

49

Are you a "vintage human"?

50

Have pets lost their welcome mat?

51

Steep your next adventure in tea!

52

Are headphones going back to the jack?

53

China's schools ditch morning reading

54

Say goodbye to the eight-person dorm

55

AI is stealing your voice

56

The Soapbox: China's digital marriage market

57

Zero waste starts on your plate

58

The Full Circle: Spring recruitment, child-friendly society, spring greens

59

The ever-changing world of retirement

60

The Why: Tokens

61

Boao Forum for Asia 2026

62

Five-star living for an aging generation

63

Did you catch spring green fever?

64

Do chores make kids nicer?

65

What makes a city kid-friendly?

66

Labubu goes to Hollywood

67

AI dominates 2026 spring recruitment

68

How a candy connected the world

69

Petals, profit, and a prosperous path

70

China Finds: A zoo before zoos were zoos

71

We need to talk about these trees

72

Pindou: the offline hobby sweeping China

73

The great wall of wildlife coexistence

74

Don't like the movie? Here's your refund

75

The return of open-air shopping

76

The Soapbox: Fast food's new AI is listening to you

77

From premium malls to pre-owned treasures

78

The Full Circle: Degree rethinking, comedic dating, theatrical arts

79

The OpenClaw craze

80

When an economy runs on AI

81

Curtains up on China's new era of theater

82

Redefining the 9-to-5

83

Generation Global: Navigating a Changing World, Ep. 3

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When love takes the stage

85

The great degree rethinking

86

Generation Global: Navigating a Changing World, Ep. 2

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Can we fix doctor burnout?

88

The Full Circle: First meetings, silver-haired students,time-honored brands

89

Generation Global: Navigating a Changing World, Ep. 1

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Tradition's tricky digital rebirth

91

Beijing's new plan to save the Great Wall

92

Lifelong learning takes China's retirees overseas

93

The glowing evolution of the Lantern Festival

94

Did I say too much or not enough?

95

Inside China's five-year provincial playbook

96

The Full Circle: Red envelopes, hands-on classes, one-person companies

97

The too cool night schools

98

The trouble with red envelopes

99

One person. One laptop. One company.

100

When campus stir-fries eclipse spreadsheets

101

The AI powered Spring Festival

102

Is post-Chinese New Year syndrome a thing?

103

The numbers behind the Chinese New Year

104

Should loyalty be paid?

105

Year of the Horse Drama Ep.3: The unexpected guest

106

The secret of effortless skill

107

Year of the Horse Drama Ep.2: Bo Le and the thousand-li horse

108

Can success be copied?

109

Year of the Horse Drama Ep.1: The quest for the heavenly horse

110

The quest for the heavenly horse

111

Freedom or power?

112

Spring Festival fun: firecrackers to livestreams

113

Hire the best or the purest?

114

The evolution of Chinese New Year's Eve rituals

115

Encountering Zhuangzi for the first time

116

The great migration: then and now

117

The one-billion-watch broadcast

118

How China is redesigning its digital welcome mat

119

The two-hour school day: efficiency or isolation?

120

Urban stayers cash in on Spring Festival

121

Frigid camping is sizzling hot!

122

Trucks, streams, and holiday delivery dreams

123

The marketing magic of telling people 'no'

124

The modern twist on a traditional holiday

125

Say goodbye to the hidden door handle

126

Let the 2026 Winter Games begin!

127

Bathe, chill, eat, repeat

128

Skiing where snow never falls

129

Is your toothpaste lying to you?

130

The new blueprint for a child-safe internet

131

The tale of the tasteless tomato

132

Airborne answer to healthcare gaps

133

Your shopping receipt is now a paycheck

134

How Beijing won back its sky

135

Is your grandma a gamer?

136

What makes a house a good house?

137

Knit happens: the stitching comeback

138

Is trying the new buying?

139

When weather forecasts become financial forecasts

140

Can China pass the winter energy test?

141

Step into the subway multiverse

142

Say goodbye to algorithmic price discrimination

143

Your next vacation is a micro-vacation

144

Your time vs. the company clock

145

Beware the wedding e-invite!

146

The business of social anxiety

147

Discover your TCM body constitution

148

The Full Circle: Dead app, Chunyun, Chinese life

149

Davos through a youthful lens

150

Are you living a Chinese life?

151

Playtime is about to get safer

152

Chunyun: the world's largest migration

153

Space's next pioneers aren't wearing spacesuits

154

What China's commercial space ambitions mean for us

155

The dietary playbook has changed

156

The crackdown on viral child-starring shorts

157

The app that wants to know if you're alive

158

The hidden system behind simple subsidies

159

Yangtze River Economic Belt: Ep. 3 | Regional integration

160

The Full Circle: Quantified self, fishing ban, cry-cry horse

161

Yangtze River Economic Belt: Ep. 2 | Connecting worlds

162

The double-edged sword of urban mobility

163

Yangtze River Economic Belt: Ep 1 | Fishing ban

164

Healthcare's cashless, frictionless future

165

Are your school apps annoying you?

166

The master of your fate debate

167

Are you living life or tracking It?

168

Scalpels over souvenirs: China's medical tourism boom

169

THE FULL CIRCLE: Palace restoration, pink salt, stalking exes

170

China tech shines bright at CES

171

When your receipt becomes your reward card

172

Unearthing the treasure in our trash

173

Curation, authenticity, and the male persona

174

Harbin turns ice into gold

175

A decade-long wait ends in the Forbidden City

176

China's path to universal childcare

177

The pink salt illusion

178

How close is too close with AI?

179

The "hard discount" supermarket sector in China

180

Beyond the scale: How China's youth redefine fitness and wellbeing

181

When a meme prescribed self-care

182

New Year's Day celebrations in China

183

Round Table recommends: XINQI Discovers China

184

The Round Table team's year-end message!

185

2025's defining soundtrack

186

Your earphones are ready for anything

187

Our year, defined by words

188

50,000 km of defiant rail engineering

189

China's 2025 tech year-end review

190

Navigating the 2025 flu season

191

Feeding the soul: Shenzhen's food bank initiative

192

Podcasts are no longer just for listening

193

China drafts law to protect Antarctica's environment

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Reading signs of depression in Chinese children: why 'measurements' are failing us

195

How new laws shape health management in China

196

The dangerous allure of urban ruins

197

Should we stop grading students?

198

The case for regulating reading

199

China's conditional self-driving era begins

200

Is hockey cool in China?

201

The counties shaping global trade

202

Used cooking oil may be fueling your next flight

203

Launch of Hainan free trade port customs operations

204

Echoes of Yimakan: stories of living heritage

205

Your time is your new currency

206

Beijing phases out de-icing chemicals

207

When AI gets a body

208

Training engineers for the real world

209

China to end mercury thermometer manufacturing

210

Congrats on your PhD. Now what?

211

The Paris climate deal: A 10-year checkup

212

Navigating China's strict new E-Bike standards

213

Your old mask could eat plastic waste

214

The changing face of gold

215

Are you paying twice for one airline seat?

216

China sets new global green grid standard

217

Autonomous delivery bridges cities and villages

218

Survival competitions redefine modern adventure

219

China's grand forest paradox

220

One man's elevator ad rebellion

221

Are you ready to live a zero-waste life?

222

China's new snow break for (some) students

223

Used EVs: youth's smart mobility hack

224

Ultra-perspective: a new view on sports

225

When barrier-free facilities become barriers

226

Do you want to micro-retire?

227

The sensitive skin dilemma

228

When AI enters the therapy room

229

Homes for the heroes of delivery

230

The work focus disappearing act

231

No boundaries in tech - No limits for youth

232

The new rules of rudeness

233

KOLs and other ways to connect cultures

234

Encore: From plant to plate: China's healthy dining wave

235

Start small, dream big: Young entrepreneurs shape our future

236

Beware the viral diet

237

Youth go green: From ideas to action

238

China's public eatery experiment

239

Youth leadership for a shared future

240

The great library seat battle

241

COP30: What's China's Role?

242

How China achieved fruit freedom

243

Is your lawyer a content creator?

244

Do you bring your own hotel sheets?

245

China's youth leading a dialect revival

246

Like, um, let's talk about filler words

247

The value of university free electives

248

The dorm room influencer dilemma

249

The AI+ blueprint for China and the world

250

Do we need to stop speaking in memes?

251

Humanoid home robots are getting closer

252

Apps may now label restaurants "Takeout-Only"

253

The flip side of EV innovation

254

From plant to plate: China's healthy dining wave

255

Marathons run into new rules

256

All aboard the pet express!

257

The new Double Eleven: smarter, faster, global

258

Ghosting the family group chat

259

Greater Bay Area lights up National Games

260

Cubicle mate soulmates

261

The retiree shopping spree

262

Your next chef is a robot

263

The global surge in Chinese language learning

264

Table for one! China's solo dining trend

265

CIIE 2025: where global markets connect

266

D-I-Why? When saving money costs more

267

Pilot program bypasses high school entrance exam

268

The murky ethics of digital resurrection

269

China raises civil service age limit

270

Why do we love to be scared?

271

What to expect from APEC 2025

272

Decoding China's "tea fee" controversy

273

APEC Next Gen: tech and sustainability

274

Double Nine: China's day to honor elders

275

APEC Next Gen: remaking the Asia-Pacific

276

China curbs English test retakers

277

Wigs are all the rage!

278

The male makeup moment has arrived

279

Prescribing China's online health future

280

China's youth embrace renting

281

UN 80 Series: the power of youth

282

China's booming MICE market

283

UN 80 Series: a healthier, equal future

284

Is the smart blackboard a smart move?

285

Reimagining the UN for a new generation

286

Are hospitals....cool?

287

Youth Hubs assist grads in getting started

288

Is the future of AI on your face?

289

When your car makes money for you

290

Young couples rewrite the wedding rulebook

291

Delivery riders given right to refuse

292

Encore: Troubles & triumphs of travel photography

293

Encore: Women are gaming's powerful new players

294

The AI comic drama boom

295

Care service vouchers for the elderly

296

China's short video apps get a makeover

297

The rise of skyward adventures

298

Rethinking the traditional classroom

299

China unveils world's new tallest bridge

300

Women in science: progress, power, and the stories we tell

301

Your supermarket is now a restuarant

302

Women in music: excellence in arts and academia

303

Women in entrepreneurship: passion, purpose, and planet

304

Record travel during holiday week

305

Classic - Discovering Guizhou: The Guitar Fanatic

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Classic - Discovering Guizhou: The Red Hot recipe

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Classic - Discovering Guizhou: Miao culture extravaganza

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Classic - Heritage in motion: Xizang's living traditions

309

Classic - Highland industries, high-quality future

310

Classic - Xinjiang's cultural heritage in new light

311

Classic - Xinjiang's modern industry makeover

312

Classic - Xinjiang's role in Eurasia connectivity

313

The 50 day path to a new you

314

Do language skills worry you when traveling?

315

Do our relationships define our happiness?

316

Highways in Chengdu waive toll fees

317

Rock climbing reaching new heights of popularity

318

Rural childhood obesity on the rise

319

The allure of China's VIP e-bundles

320

Silk Road, silver screen!

321

Xinjiang's cultural heritage in new light

322

Xinjiang's modern industry makeover

323

Xinjiang's role in Eurasia connectivity

324

The steady energy low GI diet

325

China rolls out free HPV vaccination

326

Employee training in decline?

327

Less stress, more vacation time for students!

328

Is pet tech just 'meh' tech?

329

When 'cute debt' is not so cute

330

Cheap & speedy haircuts are in!

331

On-demand EV charging! Range anxiety solved?

332

The sandwich generation's squeeze

333

China's reel to real adventures

334

It's National Science Popularization month!

335

Big tech! Better movies?

336

Hooray for Teachers' Day!

337

Chengdu hosts the Golden Panda Awards!

338

The great skill swap!

339

Game On! China's sports industry push!

340

When short dramas meet reality TV

341

Over 2200 new first stores open!

342

Is your next best friend a stranger?

343

China's top private companies list released!

344

Fitness 'delivered' ? Unpacking China's on-demand workout trend

345

After the encore: The expanding concert economy

346

Court rules against malicious review

347

The new era of Chinese animation

348

It's back to school time!

349

New standards for safer e-bikes

350

What's ticking in watchmaking?

351

China's youth are rewriting romance

352

Women are gaming's powerful new players

353

Is American food spicy now?

354

The truth of our digital captivity

355

Top university abandons strict GPA system

356

Switching careers! The new normal?

357

Smelly noodles, noisy kids? Navigating public space etiquette!

358

Global tool apps, local challenges

359

Ancient cough syrup stirs modern buzz

360

Audio drama: Sweetness on the Plateau

361

Troubles & triumphs of travel photography

362

Why we mourn on the internet

363

Early internships! Advantage or anxiety?

364

AI dubbing impacting film industry

365

When culture transforms communities

366

Comfort first! Rethinking the bra

367

Water fun starts with safety

368

Theme parks shine in summer heat!

369

2025 Summer: films boom, travel zoom

370

The scoop on the ice-cream market

371

New roadmap for mind-machine innovation

372

Has the protein obsession gone too far?

373

Lacking trash to burn: problem or progress?

374

Does your brain read or listen better?

375

How Chinese toys became global obsessions

376

Group live streams dance into spotlight

377

Robots roar at World Robot Conference 2025

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The rising female labor force exodus

379

Niche sports thrive at World Games 2025!

380

Heritage in motion: Xizang's living traditions

381

Highland industries, high-quality future

382

The challenges of family business succession

383

AI optimizes pig farming efficiency

384

Shenzhen's Secret? Failure tolerance in R&D

385

Defending apprentice rights

386

Are social media bans pointless?

387

Childcare Subsidy! A birthrate boost?

388

Too many office buildings? Renovate & repurpose!

389

China's short dramas blowing up worldwide

390

Gaokao gifts or none at all?

391

Cook or crash? E-commerce opens restaurant!

392

Do you suffer from dumbphobia?

393

Can age-friendly tech get better?

394

To tip or not to tip?

395

Rental reforms bring market clarity

396

The invisible habits that shape your life

397

100 billion packages! How? Why? Wow!

398

Meet China's real-life tourism NPCs

399

Insufficient exercise leads to health issues in children

400

Breaking the menopause taboo

401

Modernizing timeless communities

402

Have you tried meal sequencing?

403

Regulators brake food delivery wars

404

Lemon prices biting? Try lemon milk!

405

Is vocational education finally gaining prestige?

406

Genuine life-sharing or paid advertising?

407

Have you tried 'loser rafting'?

408

Vacation guilt? You're not alone

409

International Moon Day! Moonshots & milestones!

410

Office workers serving up ping-pong passion

411

ICBS 2025 & China's STEM education ascent

412

Functional fitness fueling workout culture

413

China's maglev test achieves breakthrough velocity!

414

Are AI anchors the future of news?

415

Empowering youth with future skills