‘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. - // NEWS ITEMS // WATCH: Two queens discuss their translation of Lu Min’s Dinner for Six BORROW: University librarians take note: new tome incoming READ: A Sailor on the Ferry 🇭🇰 by & tr Jasmine Tong - // WORD OF THE DAY // (跑步 – pǎobù – running) - // 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) - // Handy TrChFic Links // Help Support TrChFic // Episode Transcripts INSTAGRAM🍢TWITTER🍢DISCORD