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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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Citations[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Popup Chinese review Eastasiastudent: "Popup Chinese and ChinesePod are probably the biggest players", "Popup Chinese deserves its spot near the top of Chinese podcast services"
  2. ↑ Download Page for Chinese-English NLP engine
  3. ↑ Studying Mandarin? Pop in a Putonghua podcast Glen Loveland, Examiner.com, 29th July, 2009
  4. ↑ Dream of Red Mansion on Popup Chinese Danwei
  5. ↑ "Download Now: The Best China Podcasts", City Weekend, Dec 15 2010
  6. ↑ "RIP China Blogs?" The China Beat, July 24, 2010
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Popup Chinese iTunes Page
  8. ↑ References to Popup Chinese in Forbes
  9. ↑ "Bill Bishop Bibliography", Business Insider
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Interview: Language Systems Founder David Lancashire
  11. ↑ Start-Up Chile Funded Companies, Autumn 2010
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