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Sinica Podcast

Of dirty words and Party-speak: Sinica Podcast live in D.C.

Sinica Podcast

Kaiser Kuo

Culture, China News, Hangzhou, Chinese, International Relations, Chongqing, Beijing, Sichuan, Currentaffairs, China, Politics, Chengdu, Shanghai, Guangzhou, China Economy, News, China Politics, Business, Film, Shenzhen

4.8676 Ratings

🗓️ 17 August 2017

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Dirty words, politically incorrect phrases, the legal distinction between suspect and criminal, customs boundary versus national boundary, and better ways to refer to disabled people and minorities: All are discussed in the recent Xinhua style guide update, translated and explained on SupChina here. Jeremy and Kaiser discussed the style guide and took audience questions at a live podcast at the Definitive China Happy Hour in Washington, D.C., on August 10, 2017. The Happy Hour brings together China professionals and enthusiasts from over 30 D.C.-area China organizations, including Chinese nationals, students, young professionals, and employers. Jeremy and Kaiser wish to thank: Winslow Robertson and his team at Cowries and Rice for organizing the event and hosting them American Mandarin Society Young China Watchers China Society  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to this special live edition of the Cynica podcast coming to you from the definitive China happy hour at the 18th Street Lounge here in Washington, D.C. Let's cheer you folks, make a little noise.

0:24.1

That is more than a little noise.

0:25.8

That's excellent.

0:26.5

I'm going to have to recalibrate my microphones after that.

0:29.8

I am Kaiser-Guo, joined, of course, by Jeremy Fire and Fury Goldcorn.

0:35.3

He is a podcast host, the likes of whom the world has never seen.

0:41.1

Fire and Fury is what he's going to bring down on any of yous out there who these

0:45.8

he is chatting when you should be listening to our podcast.

0:48.9

So, how are you, Jeremy?

0:49.9

I'm doing very well.

0:50.8

Delighted to be here in my adoptive nation's capital.

0:54.6

Meijing, as I call it.

0:55.6

You guys should pick up the word.

0:56.6

It's called Meijing, right?

0:58.2

American capital.

1:00.1

Jeremy, of course, is editor-in-chief of Sub-China.

1:02.3

And Sub-China, of course, is the best way to stay on top of the latest news from China in just a few minutes a day

1:07.4

with Jeremy's meticulously assembled free daily newsletter and of course

1:12.1

our app and at the website subchina.com. It is truly a feast of business, political and cultural

1:18.1

news about a nation that is reshaping the world. We want to say some thank yous. Yeah, at this point,

1:23.6

we are going to repeat our thanks to Winslow Robertson for putting this together and hosting

1:28.9

us here in D.C. Let's hear it for not only Winslow, but his entire team. Thank you very, very

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