Sun Feb 13 2022

<p>Do you know your breaking porcelain from your eating human-blood-soaked steam buns? Slow Chinese author Andrew Methven (<a href="https://twitter.com/AndrewMethven" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@AndrewMethven</a>) joins me to talk about some of the newest and most interesting Chinese internet slang from the previous year and their origin stories.</p><br><p>We discuss new words and phrases inspired by Haidilao cockroach scams, misbehaving tech companies and 996 culture, as well as:</p><p><br></p><ul><li>Which slang phrases have been co-opted into party talk</li><li>Luckin Coffee founder Charles Lu’s latest venture</li><li>Whether idioms are fortelling the fates of Chinese celebrities</li><li>The best sites Chinese-language sites and accounts for Chinese news</li></ul><p><br></p><p>See Andrew’s full list here:</p><p><a href="https://newsletter.slowchinese.net/p/china-in-2021-in-21-words" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://newsletter.slowchinese.net/p/chi...