{"id":5575,"date":"2016-07-07T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-07-07T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writtenchinese.com\/?p=5575"},"modified":"2017-05-18T14:26:41","modified_gmt":"2017-05-18T06:26:41","slug":"twcc63-how-to-find-friends-in-a-foreign-land-episode-63","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.writtenchinese.com\/twcc63-how-to-find-friends-in-a-foreign-land-episode-63\/","title":{"rendered":"TWCC63, How to Find Friends in a Foreign Land, Episode 63"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8451\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]--><br \/>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-5575-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/two_white_chicks_in_china\/s3.amazonaws.com\/twcc\/TWCC63.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/two_white_chicks_in_china\/s3.amazonaws.com\/twcc\/TWCC63.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/two_white_chicks_in_china\/s3.amazonaws.com\/twcc\/TWCC63.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/two_white_chicks_in_china\/s3.amazonaws.com\/twcc\/TWCC63.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.writtenchinese.com\/?powerpress_pinw=5575-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/two_white_chicks_in_china\/s3.amazonaws.com\/twcc\/TWCC63.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"TWCC63.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/hk\/podcast\/two-white-chicks-in-china\/id951551922?mt=2&amp;ls=1#episodeGuid=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.writtenchinese.com%2F%3Fp%3D5575\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.writtenchinese.com\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<h2>We&#8217;re back for another episode of Two White Chicks in China!<\/h2>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>This week our question comes from Rainy Woods in the UK, who asks us &#8220;How do you make local friends?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>If you want to ask us a question just go to our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.writtenchinese.com\/voicemail\/\"> voicemail page and leave us your question<\/a>!<\/p>\n<h2>In This Episode We Talk About&#8230;<\/h2>\n<li>A review<\/li>\n<li>Comments and a trailer:<\/li>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_43090\"  width=\"900\" height=\"506\"  data-origwidth=\"900\" data-origheight=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qc1ZKyhMG6o?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;modestbranding=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/shanghaiist.com\/2016\/06\/29\/lucky_license_plate_backfires.php\" target=\"_blank\">Driver pays 1 million RMB for &#8216;lucky&#8217; 88888 license plate, gets pulled over 8 times in one day<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Rainy&#8217;s question\n<li>Chinese Corners in China<\/li>\n<li>Making friends at work<\/li>\n<li>Common interests and socializing<\/li>\n<li>Classes and volunteering<\/li>\n<li>&#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/weird-news\/ghost-marriages-rise-china-people-7484685\" target=\"_blank\">Spirit Marriages<\/a>&#8216;\n<li>Our Chinese word of the week is &#8216;friend&#8217;: <a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.writtenchinese.com\/worddetail\/pengyou\/204\/3\/1\" target=\"_blank\">\u670b\u53cb<\/a> (p\u00e9ng you). 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