{"podcast":{"title":"Round Table China","slug":"round-table-china-7041106","podcast_index_feed_id":7041106,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/6252207/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/round-table-china--6252207","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/e82f978a5db19b9428c8f5e56bb4c36e.jpg","author":"China Plus","episode_count":1000,"summary":"Round Table is a premier English radio/podcast show, straight from Beijing. Hear what's buzzing on the Internet and the main streets, see the latest lifestyle trends, and feel the pulse of life in China, Round Table is your golden ticket. With dynamic cultural exchanges between hosts from diverse backgrounds, we take you on a journey deep into modern China.We invite you to join our conversation! Shoot us an email or a voice memo at ezfmroundtable@foxmail.com. Let the fun begin!","last_synced_at":"2026-07-13T20:18:11.536107+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/round-table-china-7041106"},"episode":{"title":"Qiaopi: when letters held families together","slug":"qiaopi-when-letters-held-families-together","published_at":"2026-05-27T08:28:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/round-table-china-7041106/qiaopi-when-letters-held-families-together","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/round-table-china-7041106","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/qiaopi-when-letters-held-families-together--72182281","audio_url":"https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72182281/1079870502994.mp3","summary":"How did Chinese migrants send money and messages home before phones or banks existed? They did not click send. Instead, they handed cash and letters to couriers who crossed the sea on faith alone. It was not fast, but it somehow worked. We're talking about Qiaopi, a forgotten system that connected families when nothing else could. / Would you take a lot more money for a lot more loneliness (14:25)? On the show: Steve, Yushan & Xingyu","meta_description":"How did Chinese migrants send money and messages home before phones or banks existed? They did not click send. Instead, they handed cash and letters to co…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1402,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/round-table-china-7041106/episodes/qiaopi-when-letters-held-families-together/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/round-table-china-7041106/qiaopi-when-letters-held-families-together.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}