Have you started seeing videos that celebrate Chinese culture all over your feed, like someone swapping coffee for green tea? Andrew and Indiana noticed this trend too, and in this episode they teach three pieces of China-related slang and ask why it is all happening now. Their answer touches on the Djo song that went viral on TikTok, the move from TikTok to RedNote, soft power, and Canada’s anti-tariff billboards in the US.

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End of Beginning by Djo:
RedNote:
Canada’s anti-tariff billboards:

🔑 Key expressions

Keep an ear out for these phrases during the episode:

Chinamaxxing
A baddie
You met me at a very Chinese time in my life
To age out (of something)
A false alarm
Soft power