WCL7: Chinese migrant worker poetry, part 1

Bonus episode for our three-part miniseries about the UK’s 1926 general strike, in collaboration with the General Strike 100 project and told using interviews with striking workers themselves.In this episode, East London dock worker, Harry Watson, talks about life and work on the ...  Show more

The final of our three-part miniseries about the UK’s 1926 general strike, which saw one and three-quarter million workers walk out in the biggest single work stoppage in British history. In collaboration with the General Strike 100 project and told using interviews with striking ...  Show more

Today I had the pleasure of talking to Professor Xiang Biao on his new book, Self as Method: Thinking Through China and the World, which was originally written and published in Chinese. The English translation has just come out with Palgrave Macmillan. Self as Method provides a m ...  Show more

Full Script PDF Pinyin/Chinese/English/Thai script download here: 👉 https://www.patreon.com/posts/56338467 Youtube video with scripts: https://youtu.be/bx2XVIKfFEQ Have you met someone who says he is going to do one thing, while he starts to do another which is totally the oppos ...  Show more

Today I had the pleasure of talking to Professor Xiang Biao on his new book, Self as Method: Thinking Through China and the World, which was originally written and published in Chinese. The English translation has just come out with Palgrave Macmillan. Self as Method provides a m ...  Show more

In this episode, we dive into the topic of workplace competition in China, known as 'involution,' and compare it with work environments abroad. We also discuss strategies for coping with the pressures of involution. This video serves as excellent language material for lea ...