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What subscribers say about Slow Chinese
Jeremy Golkorn, Editor-in-Chief, SupChina
Andrew Methven's Slow Chinese newsletter and podcast is the best and most efficient way I have found to maintain my Chinese reading abilities and learn new idiomatic language, and because it's drawn from Chinese media reports and online language, it's also an excellent method of keeping up with current events, as Chinese people are reading about them.
Vincent Ni, China Affairs Correspondant, The Guardian
Andrew’s newsletter shows that learning a foreign language is not just about being able to speak and write. It’s also about familiarising yourself with political, cultural and societal context. At a time when China captures the imagination of the world, it is ever more important to understand the many facets of a changing nation – through the language it speaks, and from the way its people discuss everyday issues.
Prof Jing Tsu, Author, Kingdom of Characters: The Language Revolution That Made China Modern (2022)
I recently started subscribing to Slow Chinese and I love it. It cracks me up sometimes and I really enjoy reading. I find the choices of topic delightful, insightful, and topical. It’s a great way to keep up to date with the latest Chinese language trends.
Geremie R. Barmé, Editor, China Heritage
I very much enjoy and admire Slow Chinese. Through it I rediscover old friends and encounter delightful new acquaintances. It often makes me wistful for nights spent in the rowdy company of revellers in “Old Peking”.