Sinica Weekend Edition: Three Days Out and About in Beijing
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I'm Kaiser Gwal coming to you this week from Beijing. Listeners, please support my work by becoming a paying subscriber at Seneca Podcast dot com. I get how all these substack subscriptions can really start to add up, so I try to offer you guys a lot. You get The Seneca Chinese Phrase of the Week from Andrew Methman. You get podcasts and roundups from the terrific folks at Trivium. the indispensable China Global South podcast.
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