Round Table China
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Round Table China
Round Table is a premier English radio/podcast show, straight from Beijing. Hear what's buzzing on the Internet and the main streets, see the latest lifestyle trends, and feel the pulse of life in China, Round Table is your golden ticket. With dynamic cultural exchanges between hosts from diverse ba...
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The Full Circle: motorcycles, university campuses, and Qiaopi
What do motorcycles, letters from overseas, and university campuses have in common? On the surface, nothing. But dig a little deeper, and nothing is t...
Is Gen Z the last generation of smokers?
The UK just passed a radical ban: no tobacco for anyone born after 2008. Meanwhile, Chinese cities like Shenzhen and Hong Kong are using AI and other...
Is quitting underrated?
Think about something you held onto for too long. A job, a project, a goal that just wasn't working. We all love stories about people who never gave u...
Can AI go underwater?
AI doesn't just eat data. It devours power, water, and land. So what happens when you run out of all three? China answered by going underwater. Off Sh...
Qiaopi: when letters held families together
How did Chinese migrants send money and messages home before phones or banks existed? They did not click send. Instead, they handed cash and letters t...
Dorm hustle or dorm trouble?
You share a room, you share the space, and you might even share the chores. But what happens when your roommate starts running a business from the top...
Should universities be open to everyone?
Tourists wander into lecture halls. Students grumble about lost seats. All because one university in China decided to open its campus to the public. S...
The multi-layered onion of teaching parents tech
There comes a moment when the person who taught you to tie your shoes asks you how to open an app. For many young people, that moment repeats itself....
The Soapbox: Anxiety bags
Gen Z in the United States has taken up a new self-care hobby. For those who suffer from anxiety, people are packing small comfort bags to help them g...
How technology is empowering China's flood control system
Flood season is hitting harder than ever. This year, China isn't just waiting for disasters to happen. It's seeing them coming. Faster warnings. Smart...
Hotpot just got a rulebook
Hotpot. A dish with dozens of regional forms across China alone. It has gotten so big that entire industries have grown up around the stove. Now we're...
The real Xizang
To some, Xizang is considered sacred, remote, untouched by modernity. A postcard frozen in time. But 75 years ago, peaceful liberation set in motion a...
Are we ready to watch humans again?
Zero celebrities. Zero big budget. Zero marketing push. And somehow, a tiny short drama named 'Enemy' exploded across Chinese social media in days. Wh...
Chinese motorcycles: from factory to podium
Motorcycles in China were once just cheap, utilitarian transport. But today? They represent freedom, adventure, and identity. So what changed? Champio...
The Why: 103-grade gasoline?
Something new appeared at a major motorsport event in the Taklamakan Desert recently. It's a type of gasoline most drivers have never seen before: 103...
Russia-China trade: beyond the headlines
Russian President Vladimir Putin is in Beijing for a state visit. Trade and education lead the headlines, but what is actually happening on the ground...
Delivery's old problem meets its solution
You order food and it crosses the city with no problem. Then it hits the building entrance and just stops. That's the old problem. But a new handoff s...
Beijing says yes to bikes on trains
On weekends in Beijing, a few subway lines are trying something new: letting cyclists bring their bikes onboard. You ride to the station, take the tra...
China's "most pampered child"
May 18 is International Museum Day, and this year's theme is "Museums Uniting a Divided World." It reminds us that across time and place, we share uni...
Can growth go green?
For decades, industrialization meant a trade-off: growth versus environmental damage. Today, China is exploring a different path—where development and...
Encore: Fast food's new AI is listening to you
A major fast food chain is putting artificial intelligence in its employees' ears. Burger King is testing AI-powered headsets that do more than take o...
Encore: China's next phase of E-commerce
Governments around the world are all trying to answer a key question: How can digital commerce support the real economy — without replacing it? Well,...
Encore: From classrooms to kickoffs
Another "super league" is sweeping China's schools: the Class Super League. Sports contests are getting kids off screens and outdoors — but can a foot...
Encore: Inside China's AI boom: an American expert's view
Are China and the United States shaping the same AI future, or diverging down different paths? Having worked in both ecosystems, Alex Lamb shares his...
Round Table presents: "Art Makes Us Better"- A Cross Pacific Musical Collaboration
We invited young musicians from China and the US to perform "Art Makes Us Better" together. As their melodies met, they shared stories and found a com...
Encore: Why does a loving boyfriend take ugly photos?
Have you heard of "boyfriend photography"? We spend so much time teaching our partners about angles and lighting that we actually start to believe we'...
Encore: Singing across borders
What do you do when words aren't enough, yet you still long to connect? For a group of students from Yale University, the answer was simple: sing. Thi...
Silicon heartbreak: AI love crisis
Two ways to lose a virtual companion without saying goodbye. One, a software update rewrites their personality. Or the company goes bankrupt and pulls...
When public life goes live
You didn't press record, but there you are, in someone's livestream, their vlog or their viral clip. No permission asked. No warning given. So when do...
Is your unpaid internship worth it?
Internships were once a golden ticket, but now they are a financial burden. Students work for free while paying rent in expensive cities, where experi...
How fishing reels in China's young generation
What do an office worker, ten thousand livestream viewers, and a smart fishing rod have in common? They are all part of fishing's unexpected comeback...
Encore: Tradition's tricky digital rebirth
Forget dusty storefronts. China's oldest brands are now crashing livestreams and racking up billions of views, making the "old-timers" cool again. But...
Encore: Beijing's plan to save the Great Wall
The Great Wall has survived centuries of wind and war. Now it also faces a new kind of challenge, not from nature, but from the millions who come to l...
Listening-to-advice marketing
Have you ever left a comment about a product online, thinking, "They'll probably never see this"? Well, turns out, sometimes they do and sometimes the...
Navigating China's new college majors
If you were heading to college today, what would you study? Computer science? Finance? Engineering? Now imagine having to choose between things like a...
Why does a loving boyfriend take ugly photos?
Have you heard of "boyfriend photography"? We spend so much time teaching our partners about angles and lighting that we actually start to believe we'...
May Day holiday travel snapshot
Every year, the May Day holiday gives us a little snapshot — how people travel, how they have fun, and how they spend in vacation mode. In 2026, the d...
Your past or your privacy?
You've just nailed an interview, and the offer is almost in your inbox. Then HR asks to call your former boss, your colleagues, maybe even your gradua...
Generation Global: Navigating a Changing World, Ep. 5
What do you do when you don't speak the same language but still want to connect? For a group of students from Yale University, the answer was simple:...
The Soapbox: Village fashion show
Fashion shows are easy to picture. The runways of Paris and Milan. The world's most beautiful people in the world's most beautiful clothing. Well, vil...