The People's Republic of Cruiseland

Sinica: The People's Republic of Cruiseland

We have enough favorite writers on China that we've had to develop a sophisticated classification system just to keep track of everyone. That said, one of our hardest to place somewhere in the long-form taxonomy is Chris Beam, who you may have heard on past episodes talking about his experience in Chinese ping-pong bootcamp, or maybe his account of the birth of American football with the saga of the Chongqing Dockers.

If you liked those shows as much as we did, you'll be delighted to hear that Chris is back this week to talk about his latest essay, an entertaining and surprisingly sympathetic look at the international Cruise Industry and its attempts to romance one of the least sea-faring countries on the planet. And considering the phenomenal timing of this show -- taking place almost exactly as Jeremy Goldkorn "goes native" in America and enjoys his very first mega cruise -- we hope you enjoy the show as much as we enjoy bringing it to you.

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trevelyan

said on

June 17, 2015

I really enjoyed this show. My favourite Beam essay has to be his ping pong piece for GQ though. Sharing below in case anyone hasn't read it:

http://www.gq.com/sports/profiles/201209/ping-pong-china-christopher-beam

pvangheluwen

said on

June 22, 2015

Here's the link to the China Rhyming post referred to in the show:

http://www.chinarhyming.com/2015/04/25/hipster-ex-pat-hutong-dwellers-are-you-a-mrs-mascot-of-a-philip-flower/

The BBC Documentary about Standup comedy in China

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02nlwjf

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