A Day In Beijing with Chen
This is more than a travel guide to China. We are real people who live here, your eyes on the ground, and we want you to see it from the inside. A Day In Beijing is a weekly podcast about the history, culture, and people in China. China has opened its doors with visa-free travel. But most "China experts" have never lived here or don't speak Chinese. This podcast is none of those things. We're here to break the cultural stereotypes of China. It's 2026, if you want to hear real voices from China, you can now. Instagram: @a_day_in_beijing Email: urchineseconnection@gmail.com
Episodes
A Day In Beijing is an English podcast, created and hosted by a born-and-raised Beijinger, living in Beijing.
Exploring Chinese history, culture, traditions, creativity, innovations, and beyond.
If you're planning a trip to Beijing, this episode gives you the full story before you visit. If you're not planning a trip, the story of Cixi and the Opium Wars is worth hearing from anywhere.
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Who is this podcast for?
🌍 Worl...
A Day In Beijing is an English-language Beijing history, Chinese culture and travel podcast, hosted by a Beijinger.
Like what you hear? Hit Follow and tap the bell 🔔 so you never miss an episode. New episodes every Wednesday.
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Who is this podcast for?
🌍 Travellers planning a trip to Beijing or China
📚 Anyone curious about Chinese history and culture
🎙️ People who want to hear about China from someone who actually li...
A Day In Beijing is an English-language Beijing history, Chinese culture and travel podcast, hosted by a Beijinger.
Like what you hear?
Hit Follow and tap the bell 🔔 so you never miss an episode. New episodes every Wednesday, Beijing time zone.
——
Who is this podcast for?
🌍 Travellers planning a trip to Beijing or China
📚 Anyone curious about Chinese history and culture
🎙️ People who want to hear about China from someone ...
What was daily life actually like inside the Forbidden City?
This episode answers that — through four lives you won't forget.
EP3 is the final part of our Forbidden City series, and it's the one where we go inside. Your walking companion from the south entrance to the north exit — or a virtual tour if you're nowhere near Beijing.
We walk through the architecture. We follow the routes. But to bring this palace to life, w...
Part 2 of the Forbidden City series — a deep dive into Beijing's history, Chinese culture, and the stories behind the architecture.
Every colour, number, and rooftop creature in the Forbidden City was a deliberate choice. This episode decodes the architecture and how the building communicates power, class, and gender roles — for example, the concubine system.
And one woman, Cixi, who entered the palace at sixteen and ende...
A man stole the throne from his own nephew. And to prove he deserved it, he built the largest palace in human history. One million workers. Fourteen years. And a canal that carried an empire's resources halfway across China to one construction site.
But to understand why, you need a bit of context first — and I promise I'll make it painless. So I start with the basics: what a dynasty actually is, what Confucianism means, how B...
I spent 10 years in London doing brand strategy.
Won awards, led massive teams, made business director before 30 — but mostly was selling things I didn't believe in.
Hit my mid-30s, came back to my beloved hometown with my husband.
Beijing's independent businesses are disappearing.
3 million restaurants, cafés and bars closed across China last year.
And the tourists who do come?
They're stuck in a loop — Forbidden City, G...
A Day In Beijing is an English podcast about Beijing, about China.
Our history. Our culture. Our stories. Told in English — but told by us.
I got tired of watching our 5,000 years of civilisation get reduced to 30-second TikToks by people who visited once.
Got tired of AI-generated travel guides speaking for us.
Got tired of the same lazy stereotypes being recycled as "China content."
So I thought — if we don't tell our own...
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