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- Message Heard Blog: ‘Your One-Stop Guide to Recording Your Podcast Remotely’
After the pandemic, organising podcast recordings from the comfort of your own home has become the norm. Some of your favourite podcasts might even be recorded under a stuffy blanket or in a cramped closet… … Continue readingMessage Heard Blog: ‘Your One-Stop Guide to Recording Your Podcast Remotely’ - The Local: ‘Opinion: Do series such as Young Wallander feed the Malmö myth?’
“Far-right international media touts Malmö as a dangerous, crime-ridden city and because of this, TV shows like Young Wallander have to tread carefully, writes freelance journalist Saga Ringmar. Warning: spoilersContinue readingThe Local: ‘Opinion: Do series such as Young Wallander feed the Malmö myth?’ - What’s on Weibo: ‘Rejected for Being Blind’
“The story of a young blind woman whose application for a Chinese university’s entrance exams was rejected due to her visual disability has sparked discussion across Chinese social media.” ReadContinue readingWhat’s on Weibo: ‘Rejected for Being Blind’ - DutchNews.nl: ‘Good grub: Are insects the answer to unsustainable pet food?’
Read the article here. - DutchNews.nl: ‘PissWife: Don’t mess with the Dutch feminist zine and community’
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Read more here. - IcaNyheter: ‘Näthandel med färskvaror ritar om Kinas städer’ (E-commerce is rewriting Chinese cities)
“I Kina är e-handel en mångmiljardindustri – och nu vill e-handelsföretagen dominera offline-tjänster också. I ett brev till aktieägarna år 2017 lanserade Alibabas grundare, Jack Ma, planer på en såContinue readingIcaNyheter: ‘Näthandel med färskvaror ritar om Kinas städer’ (E-commerce is rewriting Chinese cities) - The Sundial Press: “Gina Haspel, Another Evil Female First”
“Gina Haspel has been working at the CIA for three decades. During her time at the agency she was known as the brightest and most successful in everything she did. Haspel tookContinue readingThe Sundial Press: “Gina Haspel, Another Evil Female First” - The Sundial Press: “Xi Jinping and Europe”
Chinese netizens love a good joke. And when Xi Jinping was compared to Winnie the Pooh, the joke seemed too good to miss. The discovery brought on an onslaught ofContinue readingThe Sundial Press: “Xi Jinping and Europe” - Contributed Research in ChinaFile documentary: “Brooklyn Gospel Choir Goes to China”
“Pastor Frank Haye was quietly nervous as he paced the lawn around the temporary stage at one of China’s biggest rock festivals. It was the last day of concerts byContinue readingContributed Research in ChinaFile documentary: “Brooklyn Gospel Choir Goes to China” - City Weekend Beijing: “Gap Year: Is It Really Worth Your Time?”
When I graduated from high school and embarked on what would become two gap years, I started to call myself “the drifting spinster.” Spinster, because I was single and singleContinue readingCity Weekend Beijing: “Gap Year: Is It Really Worth Your Time?” - City Weekend Beijing: “Live Like a Local With These 5 Useful Language Tips”
“The Chinese language can drive you crazy, but learning Chinese is not impossible and can be—dare we say it—a lot of fun. Get the lowdown on how to get yourContinue readingCity Weekend Beijing: “Live Like a Local With These 5 Useful Language Tips” - City Weekend Beijing: “How to Detect Problems with Your Child’s Eyesight”
In the first years of your child’s life, their eyes are going through a lot of changes. They start out their existence seeing only in shades of gray, but byContinue readingCity Weekend Beijing: “How to Detect Problems with Your Child’s Eyesight” - City Weekend: “When Your Child is Being Bullied by their Chinese Classmates”
“Bullying happens all over the world. Victims are targeted for a variety of reasons, but much of it comes down to perceived differences. If your child attends a localContinue readingCity Weekend: “When Your Child is Being Bullied by their Chinese Classmates” - City Weekend Beijing: “How to Tackle the Complex World of Calculus”
Calculus—the name alone is enough to make high school students groan. So what can calculus teachers do to make this demanding subject a little less dull and confusing? We talkedContinue readingCity Weekend Beijing: “How to Tackle the Complex World of Calculus” - City Weekend Beijing: “Education: Public Speaking”
Everybody loves a cool, calm and confident public speaker—they make teachers drool and parents quiver with pride. But the prospect of giving a speech fills a lot of us withContinue readingCity Weekend Beijing: “Education: Public Speaking” - City Weekend Beijing: “First Lesbian Chinese Couple to Have Child Through Surrogacy”
Nothing in life is more beautiful than a newly born child – except for possibly two newly born children. Oh, and if those two children mark a step forward forContinue readingCity Weekend Beijing: “First Lesbian Chinese Couple to Have Child Through Surrogacy” - City Weekend Beijing: “Carbon Emissions to Decrease in Northern China”
The news is that Shenhua Group, the state-owned mining and energy company, has completed its upgrades that will dramatically decrease coal-burning in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. So does that mean moreContinue readingCity Weekend Beijing: “Carbon Emissions to Decrease in Northern China” - City Weekend Beijing: “Catherine de France’s Keratin Protein Treatment”
After the strain of a polluted and freezing cold winter, it’s about time someone gave your tangled locks a good seeing to. We headed over to Catherine de France toContinue readingCity Weekend Beijing: “Catherine de France’s Keratin Protein Treatment” - City Weekend Beijing: “6 of the Internet’s Best Chinese Learning Tools”Sometimes Chinese can be a nightmare. But you have a whole summer ahead of you, why not try to catch up a little on your mandarin language skills? Here are six usefulContinue readingCity Weekend Beijing: “6 of the Internet’s Best Chinese Learning Tools”
- City Weekend Beijing: “Wonder Woman: Amy Li”
The first thing I notice about Amy Li is her elegant style and beaming smile. She tells me to have a seat while she finishes a conversation with some friends.Continue readingCity Weekend Beijing: “Wonder Woman: Amy Li” - City Weekend Beijing: “Filming Starts for a Chinese House of Cards Series”
Have you ever watched House of Cards and thought, “what the world really needs is a Chinese version of this show”? And after thinking that, sighed and remembered that aContinue readingCity Weekend Beijing: “Filming Starts for a Chinese House of Cards Series” - City Weekend: “Your Complete Kids’ Summer Camps Guide” review
Be a Survivalist Beijing can be a tough place to live, but if you thought the countryside was any easier, then think again. Imagine’s Survival Summer Camp sends kids agesContinue readingCity Weekend: “Your Complete Kids’ Summer Camps Guide” review - City Weekend Beijing: “Second Bite: Alba Cafe” review
Though Alba café’s menu has had its ups and downs, the café itself has remained the same: the same cozy décor, same great prices and the same Bob Marley tracksContinue readingCity Weekend Beijing: “Second Bite: Alba Cafe” review - City Weekend Beijing: “Is the People’s Liberation Army’s Video Cooler Than Beyonce’s Lemonade?”
Unless the you’ve been lying under your covers for a month and lost all sense of time and space…you’ve probably heard about the release of Beyonce’s Lemonade music video. ButContinue readingCity Weekend Beijing: “Is the People’s Liberation Army’s Video Cooler Than Beyonce’s Lemonade?” - City Weekend Beijing: “Family: Third Culture Kids”When a stranger asks you where you come from, do you break into a cold sweat? If so, you might be a Third Culture Kid (TCK). The term refers toContinue readingCity Weekend Beijing: “Family: Third Culture Kids”
- City Weekend Beijing: “Family: Teaching Your Child Manners”
You know that age when kids keep asking why, why, why? Well, we’ve been asking that too—why is it important to be polite? And what is the best way toContinue readingCity Weekend Beijing: “Family: Teaching Your Child Manners” - City Weekend Beijing: “How Diabetes Can Affect Your Eyesight”Diabetic retinopathy is caused by the narrowing of arteries behind the retina. This leads to several complications which are divided into stages. In the first, the damage or narrowing ofContinue readingCity Weekend Beijing: “How Diabetes Can Affect Your Eyesight”
- City Weekend Beijing: “Miss Eliza Vintage” Review
For Gulou-dwelling fashionistas who have run out of shops to sustain their eccentric style, Miss Eliza Vintage is your answer. The owner of the store is Miss Eliza herself, aContinue readingCity Weekend Beijing: “Miss Eliza Vintage” Review - Time Out Beijing: “The best places to get tattooed in Beijing”
Tattoo artist Chacha Where are you from? ‘My hometown is in Hunan. You know, it’s Chairman Mao’s hometown so it’s pretty famous.’ Why did you decide to become a tattooContinue readingTime Out Beijing: “The best places to get tattooed in Beijing” - City Weekend Beijing: “Health Matters: Helicobacter Pylori”
Gut Feeling Helicobacter pylori is one of the most common bacterial infections in human beings. However, studies have shown that in a minority of cases, this bacteria may result inContinue readingCity Weekend Beijing: “Health Matters: Helicobacter Pylori” - City Weekend Beijing: “Memoirs of a Rolling Stone”
Quite honestly, I have no clue where I am from. People want a simple answer; they want to squeeze you into a well-defined box. What people don’t want is theContinue readingCity Weekend Beijing: “Memoirs of a Rolling Stone” - City Weekend: “Six Ways to Improve Concentration”
Get your blood pumping, your brain will love you for it! A study conducted by the British Medical Journal found that the increase in blood flow to the brain duringContinue readingCity Weekend: “Six Ways to Improve Concentration” - Time Out Beijing: “Apple Pay is Coming to China”
This week you’ll find Apple-lovers and shopaholics alike jumping for joy. It’s official – Apple Pay, Apple’s mobile payment service, is planning to launch in China. According to reports byContinue readingTime Out Beijing: “Apple Pay is Coming to China” - Time Out Beijing: “Eat it: Da Dong’s duck burger”
When you walk into a restaurant where the bizarre concept is ‘duck burger fast food joint‘, the biggest shocker is that it’s, well… not that bizarre. The décor at duckContinue readingTime Out Beijing: “Eat it: Da Dong’s duck burger” - Time Out Beijing: “More hints that Google might be returning to China”
As the techies may know, the Beijing stop of popular international startup conference TechCrunch was held in Haidian over the last two days (November 2-3). Eric Schmidt (he’s the executiveContinue readingTime Out Beijing: “More hints that Google might be returning to China” - Time Out Beijing: “Construction begins for new fast train to Hong Kong”
Could it be? A high-speed rail that takes you from Beijing to Hong Kong in just eight hours? It seems like our romantic dream to speed down south by trainContinue readingTime Out Beijing: “Construction begins for new fast train to Hong Kong” - Time Out Beijing: “Forbidden City blacklists misbehaving tourists”
Are you on the Forbidden City’s blacklist? Well, if you’ve drawn a smiley face on a Ming vase, scribbled ‘James was ‘ere’ on the Gate of Divine Prowess or thrownContinue readingTime Out Beijing: “Forbidden City blacklists misbehaving tourists” - Guardian: “Here’s the truth about Shanghai schools: they’re terrible”
Saga Ringmar Shanghai tops the Pisa rankings thanks to their focus on test-taking. Their model would be a nightmare for US schools Schools in Shanghai emphasize discipline andContinue readingGuardian: “Here’s the truth about Shanghai schools: they’re terrible” - The Local: “China teaches its kids to sit exams, Sweden its kids to think”
In an open letter to the Swedish education minister, Lund high schooler Saga Ringmar asks him not to fear China, despite Shanghai beating Sweden by 37 places on the recent PisaContinue readingThe Local: “China teaches its kids to sit exams, Sweden its kids to think”