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6 FEB

Bathe, chill, eat, repeat

The Full Circle: Senior gamers, airplane hospitals, tasteless tomatoes / The classic bathhouse has been reinvented. Today, sprawling 24-hour mega-complexes have replaced it, transcending their original purpose. These are not merely for bathing; they are destinations where you can work from a private pod, enjoy a high-end meal, watch films, and essentially live for a full day (18:31)! On the show: Steve, Fei Fei & Ding Heng

6 Feb

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30 min
03/04/2025

Trump escalates tariffs

The screw tightens as the U.S. doubles down on its tariff measures on April 2, a so-called “Liberation Day", according to President Donald Trump. Sweeping tariffs unveiled a minimum 10 percent tariff on all trading partners, as well as so-called "reciprocal" actions on dozens of countries. Under Trump's plan, the U.S. will add a new 34 percent tariff on Chinese goods, on top of the 20 percent tariff that he has already imposed on Beijing in recent months. Will this plan truly "Make America Wealthy Again"? What's on Trump's mind this time around? How will the global economy bear the pressure?

03/04/2025

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27 min
24/02/2024

Gorillas in our midst

Faces of Africa presents documentaries on people in Africa, either prominent or ordinary, who have great stories to tell about Africa.

24/02/2024

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27 min
22/01/2022

Conquering Kilimanjaro (Part 2)

Mount Kilimanjaro is waiting for us to get on it. Another thirty years may be another century, and all of that might be gone.

22/01/2022

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27 min
18/01/2025

The rise of tech in Zambia

Faces of Africa presents documentaries on people in Africa, either prominent or ordinary, who have great stories to tell about Africa.

18/01/2025

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27 min
24/06/2023

Uncle Ben and the Treevolution

Faces of Africa presents documentaries on people in Africa, either prominent or ordinary, who have great stories to tell about Africa.

24/06/2023

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27 min
18/03/2023

The father of Afrobeat-1

Faces of Africa presents documentaries on people in Africa, either prominent or ordinary, who have great stories to tell about Africa.

18/03/2023

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27 min
20/12/2018

Seriously? Reposting Koi Fish for Good Luck?

What do you say when someone wins a big prize? You probably say he or she hit the jackpot, or struck gold. We may interpret this as he or she wins a koi fish. Yes, a kind of fish! Shirley will explain it by starting with Fengshui, and digs into the phenomenon of Chinese netizens busily reposting koi fish-related tweets.

20/12/2018

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7 min
20/12/2018

"Creepy" Stores Sweeping Through China?

Wheelys, Sweden Amazon Go, the USA Bingobox, Moby, Tao Cafe, China What are these? These are staff-less stores in which you are followed by store cameras but not helped by any clerks because there are none. They are new. They are cool. But are they the right fit for cities in China, where strangers gather to dance together on public squares; where people grew up huddled by parents, grandparents, relatives and neighbors, and where people are suspicious of stores and restaurants with few or non headcounts? What if fancy new technology and the chase for efficiency turned out to be nothing than creepy in a culture of "the more the merrier"? Will you invest in this?

20/12/2018

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26 min
08/10/2019

A Trip to Seaport with Xiao Ying

This week's Beijing Calling features young composer/pianist Xiao Ying and his new single Large Seaport, which illustrates the beautiful scenery of a seaport with color-rich musical language.

08/10/2019

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10 min

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