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 "hard discount" supermarket sector in China
No frills. No promos. No nonsense. Just rice, oil, and drinking water - cheaper than you ever thought possible. “Hard discount” supermarkets are rewri...
Beyond the scale: How China's youth redefine fitness and wellbeing
If "body weight management" was once a private struggle, 2025 has made it a public dialogue. A social shift among young Chinese are quietly happening:...
When a meme prescribed self-care
In late 2025, the most resonant piece of self-care advice in China didn't come from a lifestyle guru, but from an internet meme: 爱你老己 (Love yourse...
New Year's Day celebrations in China
As 2026 arrives, China pauses for a three-day national holiday, a dedicated celebration of new beginnings. Join us as we explore this cultural moment...
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We've been painting a vivid, emotional portrait of 2025 through tags, words, and music. Yet every portrait needs a frame—and that frame is often econo...
The Round Table team's year-end message!
The year 2025 has reached its final chapter, and it's time for all of us to say our goodbyes to the year. To mark this special year-end send-off, we'r...
2025's defining soundtrack
What was the sound of 2025? It wasn't a single hit song, but a collection of sounds that moved from the background to the center of youth culture. We...
Your earphones are ready for anything
Ever get the feeling your headphones are listening more than you are? You might be onto something. While nearly 60 million wireless units shipped in C...
Our year, defined by words
Ready to crack the cultural code of 2025? This year's viral words were more than just slang. They were secret signals revealing our collective fears,...
50,000 km of defiant rail engineering
While every nation builds railways, China has carved its network through some of the most formidable landscapes on Earth: relentless deserts, frozen p...
China's 2025 tech year-end review
When we reviewed this year's programming, one pattern became unmistakable: nearly half of our stories were touched by technology. Not only because tec...
Navigating the 2025 flu season
It begins with a scratchy throat. Soon, your body aches and your head feels heavy, creating the familiar debate: is this just a cold or something more...
Feeding the soul: Shenzhen's food bank initiative
A city's values are revealed not in its slogans, but in its leftovers. Thrown away, food waste is invisible—an inconvenient truth discarded. Redistrib...
Podcasts are no longer just for listening
It's human nature to want to put a face to a voice, and that instinct is exactly what's fueling the move toward video podcasts. This isn't just a new...
China drafts law to protect Antarctica's environment
China is drafting a law to protect Antarctica's environment, aligning with its international responsibilities under the Antarctic Treaty System and ai...
Reading signs of depression in Chinese children: why 'measurements' are failing us
A startling fact: reported rates of youth depression in China range from 4% to 41%. Why the huge gap? New research points to a fundamental flaw in the...
How new laws shape health management in China
A health management regulation will take effect soon in the City of Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province. How can legal policies help improve peop...
The dangerous allure of urban ruins
A new trend is emerging across Chinese cities, where young people explore abandoned factories, unfinished buildings, and closed hospitals. They docume...
Should we stop grading students?
What if we stopped grading students? This is no longer a hypothetical question. From primary schools in China to university classrooms in the United S...
The case for regulating reading
Forget personal reading goals. This is about a national ambition. Imagine a government that sees its core job as clearing the path between you and a g...
China's conditional self-driving era begins
What if your car could legally say,“I'll take it from here?" China just crossed that threshold, issuing its first permits for conditional self-driving...
Is hockey cool in China?
The distinctive scrape of skates carving ice now echoes in unexpected corners of China. From the tropical south to the northern heartland, a new gener...
The counties shaping global trade
In a small county in China, a quiet revolution is reshaping a global jewelry industry. In Zhecheng, central China's Henan Province, lab-grown diamonds...
Used cooking oil may be fueling your next flight
The global push for carbon reduction is reshaping supply chains in unexpected ways. As aviation looks for viable paths to decarbonize, attention has t...
Launch of Hainan free trade port customs operations
Hainan is making headlines these days, because of the island-wide special customs operations at Hainan Free Trade Port. Behind the policy language and...
Echoes of Yimakan: stories of living heritage
The global erosion of oral traditions continues not for lack of value, but because modern life leaves little room for slow, spoken memory. As language...
Your time is your new currency
China's aging society is turning to an innovative solution. The Time Bank allows volunteers to earn care credits by helping others today, securing sup...
Beijing phases out de-icing chemicals
When a global metropolis abandons de-icing agents, what happens? Beijing is finding out. To protect its environment, the city is swapping chemicals fo...
When AI gets a body
What if artificial intelligence could step out of the screen and into the real world? This is not just about smarter conversation. This is Embodied In...
Training engineers for the real world
For decades, countries have invested heavily in engineering education. Despite this, many still face a persistent problem where graduates are theoreti...
China to end mercury thermometer manufacturing
For generations, the mercury thermometer has been a staple in Chinese households, its familiar ritual marking moments of care and concern. However, in...
Congrats on your PhD. Now what?
In most professions, experience is an asset. In academia, it is becoming a barrier. A system of intense competition and rigid quotas now uses age as a...
The Paris climate deal: A 10-year checkup
It's been ten years since the landmark Paris Agreement, and its novel engine of national pledges and global transparency now faces a decisive test aga...
Navigating China's strict new E-Bike standards
China's“strictest ever" e-bike safety standard is now the law of the land. Nearly 400 million rides are impacted. The mandate? Tougher frames, safer b...
Your old mask could eat plastic waste
With cold season here, our disposable mask defense is back. But when we toss it away, its story isn't over. It begins a centuries-long sentence in lan...
The changing face of gold
Walking into a mall today reveals a striking contrast: traditional gold jewelry counters stand hushed, while the same brands' online livestreams explo...
Are you paying twice for one airline seat?
We've all been there: racing to check in only to find every decent seat locked behind a paywall. A new investigation confirms airlines are testing pas...
China sets new global green grid standard
Plugging a colossal solar farm into the grid requires the precision of open-heart surgery on our power networks. The universal playbook engineers need...
Autonomous delivery bridges cities and villages
China's logistics revolution is turning science fiction into reality, using unmanned technology like drones to deliver fresh produce to remote village...
Survival competitions redefine modern adventure
How much of a nature survivalist are you? Extreme reality survival competitions have become more than just shows; they are now a cultural phenomenon,...