Encounters
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Encounters
Through one-on-one dialogue, ENCOUNTERS offers you an opportunity to hear from people living interesting lives intertwined with China. Discover their stories and find out how they are shaping the world we're living in.
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67 episodes
Rachel meets China (part 2)
Rachel Weiss came to China five years ago after graduating from university, and during her time here she's visited more than 30 spots around the count...
Rachel meets China (part 1)
Rachel Weiss is a travel blogger from the United States who has been writing about her experience of living and working in China over the past five ye...
Chinese jazz mingles (Jasmine) with the outside world (part 2)
Following her performance in the Hollywood blockbuster 'Crazy Rich Asians', Jasmine Chen's 'velvet' voice, and her unique fusion of musical styles tha...
Chinese jazz mingles (Jasmine) with the outside world (part 1)
Jasmine Chen is a jazz singer and songwriter based in Shanghai. Listening to her songs, it's hard not to be impressed by her sultry and soulful voice....
An unknown creative writer lives in the skin of a well-known film critic (part 3)
Raymond Zhou is known to the Chinese public as a film critic, but he prefers to define himself as an interpreter of cultural differences.
An unknown creative writer lives in the skin of a well-known film critic (part 2)
In a 2012 Los Angeles Times article, a reporter said that Raymond Zhou was the closest thing China had to a Roger Ebert, the Pulitzer Prize winning Am...
An unknown creative writer lives in the skin of a well-known film critic (part 1)
Raymond Zhou started out writing reviews of Hollywood films in the early 2000s, when he had a column on the hugely popular web platform NetEase. His c...
A new farmer's ambition (part 2)
Shi Yan holds a doctorate in agriculture business and management from Renmin University of China. But she prefers to be called a ‘new farmer’ rather t...
A new farmer's ambition (part 1)
Shi Yan is a pioneer and promoter of China’s community-supported agriculture movement, or CSA for short. In 2009, she set up one of the first farms in...
When the art of business brings new theater to life （part 2）
Despite having almost no experience working in the theatre industry, Yang Jiamin gambled her own savings to set up her production company and introduc...
When the art of business brings new theater to life （part 1）
Yang Jiamin describes herself as a “rational idealist”, something the musical producer and CEO of Seven Ages Production hopes all of her staff will be...
An eight-year old sinks into a dream with "Titanic" (part 2)
Cui Rui has tried combining Chinese stories with Hollywood screen writing techniques in his films, making the most of what he learned from growing up...
An eight-year old sinks into a dream with "Titanic" (part 1)
Cui Rui still remembers his first visit to a cinema. The 8-year-old was shocked by the rich combination of images, music, and sounds he experienced an...
When in doubt, workout! (part 2)
"Quarantine pounds" has become a hot topic on social media, and as life slowly returns to normal, people are looking for ways to drop the weight they...
When in doubt, workout! (part 1)
Chris Cordner traveled to China from the United States for the first time in 2011 as an exchange student from the University of Maine. He was so impre...
From zero to infinity: how knowledge can change one's fate (part 2)
Ling Hui is serving as the secretary-general of the YouChange China Social Entrepreneur Foundation. Over the past decade, she has been promoting socia...
From zero to infinity: how knowledge can change one's fate (part 1)
Ling Hui has been involved in the not-for-profit sector for about 15 years. She started volunteering for an NGO in Beijing in 2005 while she was a gra...
Wuhan volunteer: "It's time to fight for my city" (Part 2)
Among the 42,000 medical workers supporting Hubei Province, more than half of them are women. In the early days of the lockdown of the provincial capi...
Wuhan volunteer: "It's time to fight for my city" (Part 1)
When the city of Wuhan was locked down in an effort to contain the COVID-19 outbreak, thousands of volunteers stepped up to help get medical supplies...
Chinese Wisdom: Together We Survive and Thrive (Part 2)
A journalist with five years of experience behind her, Huang Yue volunteered to go to the city of Wuhan in the earliest days of the COVID-19 outbreak....
Chinese Wisdom: Together We Survive and Thrive (Part 1)
After two weeks of isolation in a hotel, followed by a week of social distancing at home, Huang Yue had her first day back in the newsroom. It was the...
The pandemic has made him a real gentleman (part 2)
In early February, Chang Panpan joined the difficult and dangerous battle against the coronavirus in Wuhan. This junior doctor said that his two month...
The pandemic has made him a real gentleman (part 1)
Chang Panpan is a young doctor at the Trauma Center of Peking University People’s Hospital in Beijing. He is one of the more than 42,000 medical perso...
Without fear, the virus won't survive
Spring has arrived. Flowers are blooming, grass and plants are turning green. Mother Nature lives on her own rhythm of life. Life gets born and perish...
Animals are sentient beings like us
In our salute to the battlers against the coronavirus, we're calling on everyone to reflect on the impact of their lifestyle choices.
Drama is beyond the stage, William says! (part 3)
William Yip has devoted himself to practising and promoting educational drama for more than 20 years. During our conservation, we discussed the import...
Drama is beyond the stage, William says! (part 2)
For many people, the best career or job is the one that uses the skills you enjoy. William Yip is one of the few lucky people who has managed to turn...
The road not taken, we take it with love!
The Chinese people are now on the road not taken, but they shall overcome the novel coronavirus. This is dedicated to all who love, treasure, and prot...
Drama is beyond the stage, William says! (part 1)
Born in Beijing, William Yip moved to Hong Kong with his family when he was six. In 2015, he moved back to his birthplace and focused on new musicals...
The lives of expats in China during Spring Festival
The Spring Festival is the most important festival during the year for Chinese people. It's a time when people return home for a big family reunion. F...
Playing to survive a paradoxical life (part 3)
Enoch Li founded "Bearapy" to help companies navigate organizational changes using a psycho-dynamic approach. She uses the psychology of playfulness f...
Playing to survive a paradoxical life (part 2)
Enoch Li shares her personal journey in battling severe depression and finding a way out of it through rediscovering her inner child.
Playing to survive a paradoxical life (part 1)
Enoch Li is a social entrepreneur who founded her own B2B enterprise called 'Bearapy'. She has worked with multinationals, governments, and start-ups...
An amateur hanzi expert lives for his unchained passion part 2
The Chinese language is probably one of the most challenging to learn for native English speakers. To Richard Sears, an American enthusiast for ancien...
An Amateur Hanzi Expert Lives For His Unchained Passion Part 1
Richard Sears is widely known as 汉字叔叔, or Uncle Hanzi in China, a nickname given by Chinese netizens. At the age of 69, he has contributed a third...
The Author of “Folding Beijing” Unfolds Her Future Mission Part 2
What's the first thing that comes to mind at the mention of Beijing? The hustle and bustle of the capital of one of the world's largest economies, or...
The Author of “Folding Beijing” Unfolds Her Future Mission Part 1
Hao Jingfang is a Chinese science fiction writer. Her story “Folding Beijing” won the 2016 Hugo Award for Best Novelette, marking the first Hugo award...
A Mover Who Wants to Bring Empathy Back to A Future Human and AI World Part 2
One of Minter Dial’s works is the award-winning documentary film and book that he produced and wrote, “The Last Ring Home”. It’s the story of Minter’s...
A Mover Who Wants to Bring Empathy Back to A Future Human and AI World Part 1
Minter Dial is an internationally known speaker and consultant on brand strategy and digital transformation. He is also a filmmaker and author of thre...