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Postcards from Asia radio spots: Recent submissions
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Train Diplomacy
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2007-06-04)Broadcast Transcript: You got your A Train. You got your Chattanooga Choo Choo. You got your Hogwarts Express. And now you got your Reunification Railroad. For the first time in 56 years, trains crossed the border between ... -
Green Woodpecker Project
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2007-06-27)Broadcast Transcript: Visitors to China experience culture shock when they see people hawkin' and spittin' everywhere from main streets to Buddhist temples. You see, spitting is considered good for the health. Well, it may ... -
Living the Highwire Life
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2007-06-20)Broadcast Transcript: South Korea has added another dimension to its reputation as the most wired country in the world. Instead of referring to hi-tech communication, however, this refers to hi-wire competition. The world's ... -
Tora-San Never Gets the Girl
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2007-05-13)Broadcast Transcript: What's the longest running film series in world history? Charlie Chan--no. James Bond--no. It's not even Godzilla. Try the Tora-san films, which totaled a whopping 48 features between 1969 and 1996. ... -
Engrish Attacked
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2007-06-06)Broadcast Transcript: The way things are going here in Beijing, you won't be able to order "Sexually Immature Chicken" at your favorite restaurant very much longer. Sexually Immature Chicken is the kind of mangled English ... -
Sumo Cheating
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2007-05-30)Broadcast Transcript: A typical sumo bout lasts, oh, about 10 seconds. That's roughly how long it takes one mountain of a man to push another one out of the designated circle. And so you have to ask yourself how is there ... -
China is the New Baseball
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2007-05-23)Broadcast Transcript: Baseball is called bang qiu here in China. And, if a recent exploration trip taken by New York Yankee bigwigs is any indication, it looks as if China might be the next major outsource for major league ... -
Robotic Ground Rules
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2007-05-16)Broadcast Transcript: In his short story Runaround, Isaac Asimov created his Laws of Robotics: Rule 1: a robot may not injure a human. Rule 2: A robot must obey orders from a human unless they conflict with Rule 1, and ... -
Internet Rehab
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2007-05-09)Broadcast Transcript: This Postcard is a public service message to America's teen internet fans: be grateful you live here and not in China. A recent survey revealed that 14 percent of Chinese teens are considered in danger ... -
Daughter Application
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2007-05-02)Broadcast Transcript: The NCAA may have its Final Four, but here in Wuhan there is the Final Five. In an ironic twist on the one-child, son-preferred policy, a retired professional couple has taken out a newspaper ad seeking ... -
Bat Mitzvah Surprise
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2007-04-25)Broadcast Transcript: This Postcard is brought to you from New York City where Fu Qian has just had her bat mitzvah at a synagogue on the city's Upper West Side. Of course, now she's called Cecelia Nealon-Shapiro, having ... -
Imperial Scrutiny
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2007-04-18)Broadcast Transcript: Here in Tokyo, the members of the Imperial Household Agency are in an uproar over the publication of a new book about Princess Masako. It seems the book paints an unflattering picture of life in the ... -
Pig Poop Power
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2007-04-11)Broadcast Transcript: What could be more fitting in the Year of the Pig than to turn to the pig for power? And that's what is happening here in South Korea. In an effort to develop environmentally friendly, renewable energy ... -
Super Rat Poison Man
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2007-04-04)Broadcast Transcript: Many public figures are gratified to have something named after them. In addition to being flattering, it attests to their enduring legacy, their fame, yes, even their immortality. The Nehru Jacket. ... -
Wine Tasting Robots
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2007-03-21)Broadcast Transcript: Well, Japanese scientists have created the world's first wine-tasting robot and the thought that springs to mind is: Why? Followed by: what were they thinking? Or, more to the point, what were they ... -
Blood Types
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2007-03-14)Broadcast Transcript: According to the Japanese, you can tell a lot about a person by their blood type: Type A is the farmer, calm and responsible; Type B is the hunter, independent and creative; Type AB is humanistic, ... -
Postal Issues
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2007-03-07)Broadcast Transcript: Pity the poor postal worker here in Shanghai. There are 3,937 people named Chen Jie in the city, each with the same set of characters for their name. Second only to Chen Jie in popularity is the name ... -
Flying Bladder Issues
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2007-02-28)Broadcast Transcript: Airline travel is becoming ever more of a pain. Long lines at security and check-in, lost baggage, and delayed or canceled flights are just a few of the troubles encountered on a regular basis. And ... -
Dead Bachelors
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2007-01-21)Broadcast Transcript: Single Dead Man seeks wife. Must like dirt. No, this is not the exact text of a personal ad in the China Daily, but it might as well be. Here among the canyons near the Yellow River, the folk tradition ... -
DMZ as a Tourist Attraction
(Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas, 2007-02-14)Broadcast Transcript: Possible injury or death as the result of enemy action may not be high on your list of "Things You Look For In a Vacation Spot" but that doesn't seem to be a concern for the growing number of tourists ...
