Each episode is accompanied by a blog post which examines various elements mentioned in the video at a deeper level and draws connections to the world we live in today. The following blog post is by ...

To a non-Chinese speaker (like me), and especially to a Westerner (like me), Chinese is the most impenetrable family of languages on Earth. While there may be only an eighth as many syllables as in ...

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Western businesses have been trying to “get inside” the vast Chinese market since the days of Marco Polo – it’s one of the top prizes of global commerce, and one that continues to inspire a frenzy of ...