‘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 SixBORROW: University librarians take note: new tome incomingREAD: A Sailor on the Ferry 🇭🇰 by & tr Jasmine Tong-// WORD OF THE DAY //(跑步 – pǎobù – running)-// MENTIONED IN THE EPISODE //the glorious Beijing hukouBeijing Sprawl by Xu Zechen, tr. our guest Eric & Jeremy Tiangperformative DVD crushing, lolthe analog and digital history of ZhongguancunThe Diary of Miss Sophie (and my ep on it)-// Handy TrChFic Links //Help Support TrChFic // Episode TranscriptsINSTAGRAM🍢TWITTER🍢DISCORD

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