Our Man in China: Recent Episodes
Christopher Stansfeld
With all eyes firmly on China this year, a look back to 2010 and one young man´s experience of living in Suzhou, South-East China where he came face-to-face with, amongst others, eating exotic animals, homosexuality in the country, death and prostitution.
A series of 11 that culminates in his escape only after he steals his own passport back from his employers at the university where he works.
Number 11 is a bonus episode recorded 10 years later, in 2020.
How a one-child policy raises selfish children who have no idea how to interact with others as well as my experience teaching Business English at Nanjing University of Railway Technology.
No bats but certainly of plenty of other things in a diet that says ´eat anything that flies except planes and anything with legs except tables´
Leaving 2010 behind, an episode recorded 10 years later in 2020 and a more current look at the theme that has most stirred interest in the listeners - prostitution.
Seeing first-hand the effects of this drug, meeting a gay government official and getting the hell outta there.
Living with thousands of Chinese students and further misdemeanours with ladies of the night.
Why one-night stands do not exist in China, dating an escort and on realising paying for sex was my only realistic path forward.
A delve into love and infidelity before we tackle the main theme of this series: prostitution.
What does the policy mean for a child's development?
Whereas I encouraged the children to play with each other in classes, this was impossible once they returned home to their parents and grandparents.
Arranged marriages and suicide also on the agenda here.
Chinese Proverb: Eat anything with legs except tables and anything that flies except planes.
It´s often unknown what meat you consume when in China...
Sadly, death again arises in this episode.
First impressions of China, courtship in the country, the importance of the E-bike and death on the road.
With all eyes firmly on China this year, a look back to 2010 and one young man´s experience of living in Suzhou, South-East China where he came face-to-face with, amongst others, eating exotic animals, homosexuality in the country and prostitution.
This prologue kicks off a series of 10 that culminates in his escape only after he steals his own passport back from his employers at the university where he works.
*Written in 2010, published in 2020. Opinions have most certainly changed since ;)