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Dec 2023
14m 32s

Intermediate | Scandal in the Pageant

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Back on the beat of the Blogger's Beauty Pageant and the Edison Chen story is looking more and more banal by the day. This time, ironically, it may be the internet that brings our techie contestant down. Listen to this podcast and follow along in the drama of photoshopped pictures and the seedy underworld of typing for a living, in Mandarin. Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/0837

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