SPECIAL EPISODE OVER DRINKS | Chinese migrants’ real experience & perspectives in English speaking countries with Vicci Fu

Chiwi Journal

My guest today is Vicci. She is an experienced video producer and digital marketer and hosts a podcast Big Little Screens commenting about British/American TV shows to Chinese audiences. Vicci and I had a girl's chat and recorded this special episode while drinking a bottle of Italian wine and Japanese Umeshu. Cheers, and enjoy 😊

1. Why do many Chinese people born in the 1980s/90s have the American dream?
2. Our first trip to English speaking counties — Australia and New Zealand.
3. “When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life...” what does London mean to us?
4. What’s so special about London’s blue plaques?
5. What biggest TV hits from Britain influenced Chinese people a lot?
6. The comparison of American and British genres on small screens.
7. Let’s talk about class, race, war, dating, stereotypes and diversity in the British context
8. What are the challenges of cross-cultural communications? Why is there always a media bias between east and west?
9. How to learn a second/third language as an adult?
10. Why it’s so hard to be a female fan in male’s dominant area, e.g. sports and entertainment industry
11. What do we learn about turning 30?

Shows/movies/links mentioned in this episode:

1. Vicci’s Podcast
2. Tour in England: National Trust
3. The Rookery Nook and Brontë Parsonage - Haworth
4. Chatsworth House
5. Blue Plaques | English Heritage
6. George Orwell’s London Map
7. Sherlock Holmes Museum
8. Paddington
9. Downton Abbey
10. Years and Years
11. Sex Education
12. Fleabag
13. Bridgerton
14. Comedian Daniel Sloss
15. After Life
16. Inside No. 9
17. Brit(ish): On Race, Identity and Belonging
18. The Surprising Origins of the Fortune Cookie
19. Public dating profile template
20. tick, tick...BOOM!
21. Dark | Netflix Official Site
22. Ted Lasso
23. David Bowie - The Boy From Brixton
24. Gaga: Five Foot Two