{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/64e340adddadb00012365278/6a172a52942fd18754c0d233?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"216. Leaving China - Returning After Eight Years","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/64e340adddadb00012365278/1779902606602-f5ca97e1-8c3c-4819-b1f5-203aa55d993b.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>After living in China for eight years, Fender Jackson returns to Kunming for the first time since leaving during COVID.</p><p><br></p><p>This episode is part travelogue, part memoir and part reflection on ordinary life in modern China.</p><p><br></p><p>Topics include:</p><ul><li>housing complexes and skyscrapers</li><li>outdoor gyms</li><li>Chinese parks and public life</li><li>street food and night markets</li><li>eBikes and urban design</li><li>robots and modern technology</li><li>teaching in China</li><li>returning to an old school</li><li>life after COVID</li><li>cultural differences between China and the West</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Along the way, Fender reflects on memory, identity, creativity and the strange feeling of returning to a place that once felt like home.</p><p><br></p><p>The episode closes with former students in China performing <em>The Ecstasy of Gold</em> by Ennio Morricone.</p><p><br></p><p>New episodes from Xishuangbanna and Shanghai coming soon.</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Fender Jackson"}