‘It’s just life, right? One place is as good as another’

In the ninety third episode of the Translated Chinese Fiction Podcast we are Running through Beijing (跑步穿过中关村 - pǎobù chuānguò zhōngguāncūn) in the loping style of 70后 hero Xu Zechen. At the fabled finishing line – observing us wryly, beer and chuan’er in hand – is the translator, Eric Abrahamsen of Paper Republic fame. Insert your porn DVD, stamp your hukou, and - most importantly – find somewhere to sleep tonight.

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// WORD OF THE DAY //

(跑步 – pǎobù – running)

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// MENTIONED IN THE EPISODE //

the glorious Beijing hukou
Beijing Sprawl by Xu Zechen, tr. our guest Eric & Jeremy Tiang
performative DVD crushing, lol
the analog and digital history of Zhongguancun
The Diary of Miss Sophie (and my ep on it)

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Ep 93 - Xu Zechen and Running through Beijing with Eric Abrahamsen

The Translated Chinese Fiction Podcast

Ep 93 - Xu Zechen and Running through Beijing with Eric Abrahamsen