Its Lunar New Year and the Year of the Ox!
As a love letter to those that celebrate this beautiful holiday a re-release of one of our very first episodes in China all about the unique Chinese New Year that was 2020.
With wonderful journalist Bec, who reported through the very beginning of the Covid crisis.
Insight from her travels near Wuhan back in Chinese New Year 2020.
The unique challenges of working with kids at home, feelings working mums everywhere will recognise!
The fascinating controls that were put in place in parts of China to control the spread of the virus and what happened when tables were turned and badly affected China became badly affected America.
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In this episode Bec talks about WeChat. What is WeChat?Ā
WeChat is THE app in China, an equivalent in hybrid of Whatsapp, FB messenger and Instagram- its a VERY widely adopted app used for messaging, payments, sharing photos - you name it, its done by WeChat.
Bec Kanthor is a radio and print journalist based in China for the last 17 years. She was CBS News Beijing asst. producer in the years leading up to the 2008 Olympics and her work has appeared on PRI's The World, Scientific American, CBC Radio, CNN, CBS, ABC News, BBC and ESPN.
She also works with her husband, folk-rock musician Liu Jian producing Chinaās first international childrenās music festival āHand in Handā touring musicians through 20 cities across China www.handinhandchina.com
You can find Bec here:
Twitter: @rebeccakanthor
linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/rebeccakanthor
and listen to some of her recent work at:
https://www.pri.org/programs/the-world
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START HERE: Want a flavour of Coexisting? Compilation Episode - this is it! S1 Ep2
MEXICO: the power of people/inclusivity and judgment/the meaning of resilience and how to practice gratitude S3 I Ep36
In the NHS: Campaigning and Activism/NHS Survival/Healthcare work in the Covid Crisis/What a psychotherapist does for mental health S3 I Ep35
DUBAI: International Aid Work in a Pandemic/Myths and Denial/Pro-Science in 2021I S3 Ep 34
CHINA: World Environment Day/Reflecting on Great Change. Catalysts and Climate/The Right Side of History I S3 Ep33
ZIMBABWE: On writing and loving, protest and crackdowns I S3 Ep32
VIETNAM Lunar NY Special:How has Vietnam become such a virus success story with not one single death from Coronavirus? Re-release I S2 Ep31
HONG KONG Lunar NY Special: East-West contrast/Building resilience. Re-release I S2 Ep28
DORSET: 2021 Ask the Expert: Covid Vaccines/Pandemic Planning/Public Health vs Politics I S2 Ep.27
FAREWELL 2020: what have we learnt S2 I Ep26
NEWMARKET: Altars at home/Youtube Church/Free School Meals Crisis/Christmas For One? I S2 Ep25
PARIS FRANCE: Health v Politics in the Pandemic/Alone Adventures/France without Kisses I S2 Ep24
POD2POD: Lenni in Los Angeles/BLM Protests in the Pandemic/Making this election COUNT/Why there is still hope for tomorrow I S2 Ep23
BONUS: Its Autumn/Fall already - How? A little Pod News from the Road I S2 Ep21
SWEDEN: Actors in the Bedroom/The Changing Face of New York and Broadway/How to Tame Overachieving Minds and Mama Wisdom I S2 Ep20
LIVERPOOL: Counselling from afar/Family wisdom through the years/Pink Moons and Green Shoots I S2 Ep19
CAMBRIDGE, UK: The Last Wedding/Rubik's Cubes/How to Find a Family Rhythm I S2 Ep18
NEW ZEALAND: How does a Country's Leadership /Culture affect the crisis? #NZHellHole and Benefits of Personal and Global Slowing Down I S2 Ep17
MICHIGAN, US: How to learn from pandemic literature/The Magic of Cold Showers I Season 2 Ep16
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