{"id":9397,"date":"2018-11-09T11:30:07","date_gmt":"2018-11-09T03:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writtenchinese.com\/?p=9397"},"modified":"2022-06-05T13:34:56","modified_gmt":"2022-06-05T05:34:56","slug":"twcc133-ancient-and-modern-chinese-sports-episode-133","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.writtenchinese.com\/twcc133-ancient-and-modern-chinese-sports-episode-133\/","title":{"rendered":"TWCC133 &#8211; Ancient and Modern Chinese Sports, Episode 133"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1172\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]--><br \/>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-9397-1\" 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\/TWCC133.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/two_white_chicks_in_china\/s3.amazonaws.com\/twcc\/TWCC133.mp3\">http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/two_white_chicks_in_china\/s3.amazonaws.com\/twcc\/TWCC133.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\/TWCC133.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.writtenchinese.com\/?powerpress_pinw=9397-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/two_white_chicks_in_china\/s3.amazonaws.com\/twcc\/TWCC133.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"TWCC133.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%3D9397\" 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>This week, our topic comes from Edward, who asks us about sports in China.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to ask us a question just go to our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.writtenchinese.com\/voicemail\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">voicemail page and leave us your question<\/a>!<\/p>\n<h2>In This Episode, We Talk About&#8230;<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nora\u2019s fact about China: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/asia\/southeast-asia\/article\/2169927\/there-are-fewer-300-malayan-tigers-left-world-and-theyre\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For the love of Durian!<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mp.weixin.qq.com\/s\/T17OygH6QZOfdEMCkcQTeQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Naked woman statue has nudity restored after being covered up<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.writtenchinese.com\/10-things-you-didnt-know-were-invented-in-china\/\">Football and the World Cup in China<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yoyochinese.com\/blog\/learn-mandarin-chinese-china-sport-culture-basketball-popularity-in-china\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Basketball and its history<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispo.com\/en\/markets\/id_79708806\/these-are-the-most-popular-sports-in-china.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Popular sports in modern China<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Ancient Chinese sports<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There\u2019s lots to read about on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sport_in_China\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wikipedia\u2019s <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sport in China<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> page<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Our word of the week is &#8216;competition&#8217; 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