The Chinese Year of the Dragon 2024

A pair of city mice visit the seaside cafe and invite Jimmy and Judith to the Big City! They make the journey and meet automatic vacuum cleaners and cats with fancy titles. 

The Cafe by the Sea needs a new Cake Baker. The owner runs a competition to chose the right baker for the job. All the customers can vote for their favourite cake. Natrually the mice who live in the cafe want to vote for their favourite cake-maker. 

Two fairy tales from Southern China. In the first, a man is lost in the jungle, and is crowned King of the Apes. The second is a little like a romantic fairy tale that is well known in the west. Sponsored by Kaboom! Kaboom: An Audio Adventure Podcast An audio adventure podcast fo ... Show More

Ellen Wong (Beacon 23, GLOW) headlines a Chinese legend about how the dragon came to be a powerful symbol of prosperity and luck. 

Comedian Des Bishop finds out what makes the chinese laugh. He has learnt Mandarin to take his jokes to China. He finds that there is a long tradition of comedy in China called Xiangsheng, or Crosstalk, often in the form of two comedians playing off each other. Join him in a come ... Show More

A dragon is rising in the East. All around, curious faces wait to see whether it will roar or sing. In today's Chinese lesson, we'll look at some different perspectives on the rise of modern China. Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/1220 

The history of China, as told through 20 lives. This time: The Female Emperor. 

Every 12 years, there's a spike in births among certain communities across the globe, including the U.S. Why? Because the Year of the Dragon, according to Chinese folk belief, confers power, fortune, and more. We look at what happens to Dragon babies when they grow up, and why ti ... Show More

No programa da semana retomamos o tema China conquistando o mundo, dessa vez com um testemunho de ninguém menos que o ex-ministro Ozires Silva! Tamos mal de ouvinte? Um pouco de história da China e de umas coisinhas que o Brasil poderia fazer para enfrentar o tsunami chinês. Será ... Show More

China steht in diesen Tagen im Zeichen des chinesischen Neujahrsfests - zum ersten Mal seit Ausbruch der Pandemie ohne staatliche Einschränkungen. Könnte das der lang ersehnte Push für die chinesische Konjunktur sein, ein Aufbruch zu besseren Zeiten? Volkmar Baur, China-Volkswirt ... Show More

In a new series that may or may not take us to the end of 2020, Laszlo looks at the great Kingdom of Thailand and the history of the Chinese immigrants who decided to call that place home. In this Part 1 episode of the new series, we'll focus on the goings-on in the Chinese commu ... Show More

Rosalind Chao (Mulan, The Joy Luck Club) headlines this Chinese tale about a tall mountain, a big radish, and the magic of giving back to your community. 

Jona Xiao (Raya and the Last Dragon, Hightown) plays a flower peddler who makes gardens and goodness grow in this story with Chinese, Tibetan, Japanese, Moroccan, French, Canadian, and Peruvian roots.