
In today's show, we are going to talk about the elections in Taiwan and some culture difference between east and west regarding organ donation.
Dec 10, 2014

Now in China, APEC and Double 11 Festival just made this November to be a very busy month for politicians and shopaholics, both are changing people's life as well. Tune in today's show and find out more.
Nov 26, 2014

Today we talk about 双十节 shuāng shí jiē, the day that commenmorates the founding of the Republic of China in 1911. Don't miss the show as our hosts from both sides of the straits get into some fascinating discussion about the history and relations between the Repubic and People's Republic of China. Following are the keywords used in this podcast:
双十节 shuāng shí jiē: Double-Ten Day国庆日 guó qìng rì: National Day国民党 guó mín dǎng: Chinese Nationalist Party纪年 jì nián: chronology外省人 wài shěng rén: Mainlanders原住民 yuán zhù mín: Aborigine蓝营 lán yíng: Blue Camp绿营 lǜ yíng: Green Camp戒严 jiè yán: martial law崇拜 chóng bài: adore民国 mín guó: The Republic of China五四运动 wǔ sì yùn dòng: May Fourth Movement in 1919中山装 zhōng shān zhuāng: Sun Yat Sen's uniform诗意 shī yì: poetic占领中环 zhàn lǐng zhōng huán: Occupy Central安居乐业 ān jū lè yè: live and work in peace and contentment稳定 wěn dìng: stable, steady地球仪 dì qiú yí: terrestrial globe口罩 kǒu zhào: face mask埃博拉 āi bó lā: Ebola (virus)雾霾 wù mái: smog传染病 chuán rǎn bìng: infectious disease
Oct 22, 2014
30 min

Chinese entertainment royalties Faye Wong and Nicholas Tse had been making news ever since they first started dating more than 10 years ago. Both highly accomplished in their own right, their relationship was also highly controversial because of the 10-year age difference (she's older). After breaking up and each getting married and later divorced respectively, they recently rekindled their romance which gathered even more attention. This week we talk about how their relationship reflected Chinese views on divorce, life after divorce and women dating younger men.
Oct 15, 2014
34 min

This week we look at healthcare in China, everything from the strained and highly emotionally charged relationship between doctors and patients to healthcare innovation in mobile technology to the use of TCM in China.
Oct 1, 2014
42 min

This week Jenny and Fiona talk about the recent Alibaba IPO, China's obsession with Apple products and a few web services you need to know in China. Here's a list of key words used in the show:
科技 kē jì : technology网络公司 wǎng luò gōng sī : web company路演 lù yǎn : road show消费者 xiāo fèi zhě : consumer企业家 qǐ yè jiā : entrepreneur创业者 chuàng yè zhě : founder, starter生意 shēng yì : business美食 měi shí : delicious food上瘾 shàng yǐn : addicted淘金 táo jīn : gold digging淘米 táo mǐ : to wash rice广交会 guǎng jiāo huì : The China Import and Export Commodities Fair生态链 shēng tài liàn : eco-chain果粉 guǒ fěn : Apple fans肾 shèn : kidney屌丝 diǎo sī : common people可穿戴产品 kě chuān dài chǎn pǐn : wearable products智能硬件 zhì néng yìng jiàn : intelligent hardware低头族 dī tóu zú : phubber脸书 liǎn shū : Facebook禁 jìn : to block公众号 gōng zhòng hào : public number么么嗒 me me dā : kisses (on internet)
Sep 25, 2014
33 min

Today, we look at the Chinese reaction to the recent iCloud celebrity photo leak as well as what happened to a few Hong Kong celebrities when the similar happened a few years ago. You might be surprised but all the blame lies with the celebrities not the hacker in China.
Sep 18, 2014
30 min

Today we talk about how Chinese view summer vacation and travel in general. Listen in as Jenny, Fiona and David share their experience.
Sep 11, 2014
27 min

Recently China has seen a string of high-profile celebrities being arrested for smoking marijuana. They are detained, painted as villains and seen their reputation severely damaged. How does the public react to drug use? Why is this such a big deal in China? Listen to today's show to find out.
Sep 3, 2014
28 min

Why are so many Chinese women dating foreigners? Are Chinese men not good enough for Chinese women? Can they handle strong independent women? Do they groom themselves and work out? Listen to today's show as Jenny shares her thoughts with a Chinese guy and an American guy.
Aug 20, 2014
24 min
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