Some China Podcasts (播客) to Listen to
Whether you're an old-timer or a newcomer to China, there's always more to learn about this awesome country. To help in your never-ending thirst for knowledge, we've rounded up some most entertaining China-focused podcasts that hit on everything from history to business, to dating and beyond.
Tech Buzz China by Pandaily
Tech Buzz China by Pandaily is a technology podcast about China's innovations. It's co-hasted by Rui Ma and Ying Lu, who are both seasoned China-watchers with years of experience working in the technology space in the country. They share and discuss the most important tech news from China every week.
The China History Podcast
Started in 2010, Laszlo Montgomery presents topics that cover 5,000 years of Chinese history and culture.The show has a lot of unknown and interesting history lessons that help provide more color as to why China is the way it is. Topics like the history of Tang poetry, or the Hokkien people are analyzed and explored.
China Untold
The China untold podcast is a program that aims to introduce listeners to lesser-known stories from the Middle Kingdom. From urban tales and extinct religions to China's role in the exploration of space, this podcast, basted by Man Bossons, is your essential guide to the unusual and wonderful aspects of the world's most highly populated nation.
The wasai Show
The Warai Show is hosted by Neto Trevino from Mexico and Alice He who is local Chinese. In each episode, stories are collected from listeners about a topic and shared in a funny way by both comedians. The first half of the show is presented in English, followed by a Chinese section.
When a heavy rain hit Beijing one afternoon in May, for many the first thing to do was to rush for cover. For photographer Yang Dong, however, his first thought was to take his camera. The next morning, Yang got up at 2:30 am and drove to the Great Wall. Arriving at the foot of the mountain an hour and a half later, Yang started to climb with all his photography equipment. Before sunrise, Yang had already set up his camera, hoping to catch an impressive moment when the Great Wall would be partly hidden in the clouds. With a large amount of patience, he got what he came for.
"After heavy rain or snow, the next morning is the best time to find a sea of clouds around the Great Wall," Yang says in a phone interview. The 28-year-old became popular on the Internet sharing the stories behind his photographs of the Great Wall over the past five years, with his stories being viewed more than 150 million times. One Internet user comments: "Only repeatedly measuring the Great Wall step by step can he know which angle (角度) is the most beautiful. I have never met such a professional photographer like him."
He is known as the Great Wall photographer, and his stories are well-known among the fans. What's more, he was invited to play a lead role in the documentary (纪录片) Loving the Great Wall issued in January, and was also the spokesman for the 2019 China Great Wall International Foto Week.
There's no doubt that one of the greatest human achievements is the exploration of the space. Ever since astronaut Yuri Gagarin became the first person to be sent into the orbit around the moon in 1961, scientists have been pushing the boundaries further and further. But until now the exploration into the unknown has been dominated (主导) by men.
Of course, in the past, women were also included in the space projects and played an active role on the ground and behind the scenes. For example, they worked as seamstresses (女裁缝师), sewing vital spaceflight components. In fact, many of NASA's key works would never have been possible without them. Recently Hollywood produced a movie called Hidden Figures to focus on a group of American female mathematicians, especially the black women, who helped NASA send the first American into space. But this was not women's only contribution. Back in 1963, Soviet astronaut Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman to be sent into space. However, after that, space flight programs were slow to employ women. In the USA, NASA didn't accept applications from women to become astronauts until 1978.
But attitudes have changed and leading officials at NASA say that the first person to set foot on Mars should be a woman. The space agency aims to have a sex-balanced workforce but can only achieve that if equal numbers of men and women are trained for science and technology jobs. As Allison McIntryre told the BBC, "My director is a woman. We have female astronauts. We haven't put a woman on the moon yet. And I think that perhaps the first person to step on Mars should be a woman."
The ox is a representative of the farming culture of China. In the farming economy (经济), oxen are the major animals pulling plows (犁).
Of course, the good of oxen is not limited to plowing. In fact, they are seen as "boats on land" for their ability to carry loads. Besides, the whole body of an ox is full of treasures. Their meat and milk are food full of nutrition, and their skin can be used to make clothes and shoes. With all these qualities, oxen are regarded as generous creatures.
In the past, oxen played an important role in the spiritual life of the Chinese. Even today, oxen still play a special part in some folk activities. For example, some people who live in southwest China will cook cattle bone soup and share it among family members when holding the ceremony for children who reach 13. They believe that the cattle bone soup represents the blood relationship among family members. In order to express their love for oxen, people in some other areas will run to shake off diseases on the 16th day of the first month by the lunar calendar (农历), and during their run they will take their oxen along, which indicates they regard the creature as human.
Because of the contribution of oxen in their lives, the Chinese people are very grateful to the animal. In addition, the use of oxen in ceremonies and the thanks people owe to oxen help to develop various traditional customs, which becomes an important part of the folk culture of the Chinese nation.
Wonderful views from the mountains, breath-taking places waiting to explore, fresh air, as well as all the special health benefits, are the main rewards of mountain hiking.
You need to train your lower body muscles, anytime and anywhere. Strong legs and core muscles will improve your balance and help you hike longer. Focus on your lower body strength and on your cardiovascular (心血管的) workout. Your really can train anywhere: use your backyard, living room, or bedroom to keep your body ready for the true conditions in the mountains.
You will need a stronger back. Who's going to carry your backpack? So we are quite sure what the true answer is. Develop back-muscles with exercises like V-ups deadlifts, diver push-ups, and exercise named "mountain climbers": Start in a traditional plank (平板支撑) position and then bring your knee forward under your chest. You will start to feel your abs (腹肌) for sure, too.
Even Rome wasn't built in a day so give yourself the pleasure to enjoy discovering what your body is capable of! All the perfect benefits will improve your blood pressure and blood sugar levels, helping you strengthen your core, and even help you control your weight as an additional benefit. Just don't forget to stretch after each training.
Please remember that your training for mountain hiking should be combined with real hiking. And don't miss the other clues on what to do for mountaineering training!
A. Give yourself and your body time to prepare.
B. And don't rely just on gyms or other similar areas.
C. Your balance will also get better and better over time
D. However, there is always hidden danger in the mountains.
E. Try to combine muscle training with your indoor exercise.
F. However, it is of great significance to get prepared physically.
G. In the mountains, everyone should firstly be responsible for their own essentials.
On August 26, 2022. Wendy Cocker, a registered nurse, sat down with her 4-year-old son Monty and taught him how to make a(n) 1 call. Cocker has suffered seizure (癫痫) for a long time, and she wanted to 2 that Monty knew what to do if she had a sudden 3 in his presence. She took him through the 4 to make the call. The next day, Cocker wasn't feeling too well, and as she tried to 5 her husband on the phone, her body went into full seizure in front of Monty.
Monty 6 at once using his new skill to call the medical staff. During the call, Monty told the operator briefly and 7 "Mummy fell over." He was 8 and just followed all the 9 that he had been told. And the medical staff 10 figured out that his mum may have had a seizure.
Later, Monty was awarded a special certificate of appreciation. One of the medical staff said she was 11 to teach her own children the 12 skill and she thought about breaking down the learning process into specific steps for them.
As the 4-year-old Monty's 13 becomes known, it's a great 14 to parents to teach their children simple actions that will save a life. They, too, might at least become a(n) 15 hero like Monty.
Fan Jinshi, an archaeologist (考古学家) from Beijing University, first visited the Mogao caves as an undergraduate student in 1962. Despite the cave's tough (condition). Fan was determined to study national cultural heritage and stayed to pursue her dream.
Over time, Fan's commitment to preserving national cultural heritage grew (strong) . She joined the Communist Party of China in 1974 and became even more determined to protect the Mogao caves when they were officially open to tourists in 1979. (face) with the challenge of balancing conservation and tourism, Fan knew that a solution had to be found. She was convinced that the caves' social importance far outweighed (超过) their economic potential (潜力) and that scientific protection was the key to their (survive).
In the late 1980s, Fan came up with innovative (新颖的) plan to digitize the Mogao caves permanently preserving the murals (壁画), painted cultures, and historical data. In 2016 Digital Dunhuang (launch) online, allowing people worldwide (enjoy) comprehensive images of the caves.
In her eighties, Fan Jinshi is as busy as before working (tireless) to conserve and manage the caves. She hopes that young people will carry the "Mogao Spirit" and build a better Dunhuang Academy (学院), she spent her lifetime. "Let this be my epitaph, Fan says, "I've done all I could for Dunhuang."
