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Podcast: ChinaTalk
Episode: (Ad Free) Rainbow Farts: Chinese Internet Slang You Need to Know
Description: Do you know your breaking porcelain from your eating human-blood-soaked steam buns? Slow Chinese author Andrew Methven (@AndrewMethven) joins me to talk about some of the newest and most interesting Chinese internet slang from the previous year and their origin stories.We discuss new words and phrases inspired by Haidilao cockroach scams, misbehaving tech companies and 996 culture, as well as:Which slang phrases have been co-opted into party talkLuckin Coffee founder Charles Lu’s latest ventureWhether idioms are fortelling the fates of Chinese celebritiesThe best sites Chinese-language sites and accounts for Chinese ne...