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In Conversation: A Taiwanese View on Life in China's Shadow

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Summer is a journalist in Taipei. We discuss journalism and press freedom in Taiwan, emotional connections with China, lessons from Hong Kong, chances of war, traveling between Taiwan and China, competition between democratic and Chinese systems, voting in Taiwan   A Taiwanese island off Jinmen, with China's Xiamen in the distance

It's Not the Worst Punishment God could Dish Out

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Hi! Thanks for listening to the SMKY podcast, which is my account of living in China and exploring its history and culture. In this episode I settle into my new apartment which is literally inside the school gates, and talk about the region and the river. The joys of working for Hess in Taiwan :-/ – my old job before moving to China The Yangtze River Delta, home of the prosperous "Golden Triangle". Changshu is just above Suzhou, to the right of Lake Tai. One of the guards of the underworld in Fengdu Ghost City, which is way upriver on the Yangzte, near Chongqing The Ghost King at Fengdu Prefer to listen to your pods on YouTube? Video below