Ep 93 - Xu Zechen and Running through Beijing with Eric Abrahamsen

‘It’s just life, right? One place is as good as another’

In the ninety third episode of the Translated Chinese Fiction Podcast we are Running through Beijing (跑步穿过中关村 - pǎobù chuānguò zhōngguāncūn) in the loping style of 70后 hero Xu Zechen. At the fabled finishing line – observing us wryly, beer and chuan’er in hand – is the translator, Eric Abrahamsen of Paper Republic fame. Insert your porn DVD, stamp your hukou, and - most importantly – find somewhere to sleep tonight.

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// WORD OF THE DAY //

(跑步 – pǎobù – running)

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// MENTIONED IN THE EPISODE //

• the glorious Beijing hukou

• Beijing Sprawl by Xu Zechen, tr. our guest Eric & Jeremy Tiang

• performative DVD crushing, lol

• the analog and digital history of Zhongguancun

• The Diary of Miss Sophie (and my ep on it)

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