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Spicy bullfrog, fights with policemen and getting locked out... my first two weeks in China have certainly been eventful! Find out all about my move to Ningbo in today's episode.
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Vocabulary: Bureaucracy, Ultrasound, Bedside manner, SIM card, Apartment complex, Congee, Adzuki bean, Bullfrog, Red bayberry, 'Mad dogs and Englishmen', Sweat, Cicada, Pale, 'A fish out of water', Scavenger hunt
0:00 Intro
01:56 The flight
05:07 The fastest train in the world
06:33 Assaulting a policeman
07:48 Making friends with the locals
10:00 The joys of bureaucracy
15:46 My home away from home
17:46 Finally, I'm rich!
19:32 Get your chopsticks out
25:49 It's too darn hot!
27:50 Comfortable and livable
29:15 Security
32:10 Locked out of the system
34:06 My new job
37:23 The hardest thing you can do
40:35 Outro
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- Show
- FrequencyEvery two weeks
- Published1 September 2025 at 22:00 UTC
- Length44 min
- Episode257
- RatingClean