Podcasts burst onto China youth scene
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published : 6 Jul 2021 at 10:45 Chinese podcast The Weirdo pushes boundaries on what can be talked about in the country
BEIJING - A lesbian coming to terms with her sexuality, a village covering up abuses and a dissection of the three-child policy an explosion of Chinese podcasts are wrestling with social issues considered taboo under the country s strict media controls.
More than 7,000 new podcasts came online last year with an audience tipped at nearly 10 million a small but fast-growing group in the world s largest market for web audio content.
While podcasting has long been part of western media appetites, it has just started gaining ground in China s tightly managed media ecosystem, serving up counter-narratives and critical social analysis.
Podcasts explode onto China s youth scene
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