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Popup Chinese

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Popup Chinese is a platform for Chinese language (WP) study. Founded in 2008, the site provides Chinese podcasts (WP), lessons, and HSK study tools and resources from a studio in downtown Beijing (WP). It is considered a prominent[1] Chinese language program and producer of a large open source Chinese-English dictionary.[2] Beyond its podcasts and audio lessons, the site is known for its mouseover (WP) annotations[3] of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature including the Dream of the Red Chamber.[4]

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As of March 2011, Popup Chinese was hosting over 900 podcasts, HSK tests and other lessons. In addition to these shows, Popup Chinese also produces a range of other China-related shows, including the Sinica show, recently ranked the best China podcast by Wikipedia:City Weekend, the highest-circulation English-language magazine in China.[5] Sinica has been called a "must listen" by The China Beat, a prominent online community for American Sinologists.[6]

Popup Chinese has tens of thousands of active listeners and is the highest-rated Chinese-teaching podcast in the iTunes podcast directory.[7] The site has had shows mentioned repeatedly in Forbes' China coverage[8] and throughout the blogosphere.[1] It frequently invites prominent China journalists and China-watchers to participate in uncensored discussions of Chinese political and economic affairs. Recent guests have included Gady Epstein, Wikipedia:Mary Kay Magistad of Wikipedia:Public Radio International, Tania Branigan of the Guardian (WP), Wikipedia:Evan Osnos of the New Yorker (WP), Arthur Kroeber of Dragonomics and Wikipedia:Jonathan Watts.[7] Recurring guests involved in entrepreneurship in China include Jeremy Goldkorn of Danwei and Bill Bishop, founder of CBS MarketWatch.[9]

Language Systems, the parent company of Popup Chinese, operates two other language sites, one focusing on the Cantonese (WP)[10] and the other on teaching Chinese to native Spanish speakers. The company was recently funded by the Chilean government to expand its Spanish efforts through the Start-Up Chile program.[10][11] It has stated its plans to expand into additional languages.[10]

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