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About this episode

Founder and Program compereBirth Place: Jiang Su, China Worked as the Marketing Manager at ONLY (Bestseller) in Beijing. A freelance writer for Cosmopolitan (Trends). came to US in 1999 to study Fashion her hobbies include, singing, dancing, reading and writing, swimming, and hiking.WCOM 103.5 FM, Carrboro's community radio station, broadcasts "The China Hour" live via radio and online streaming every Friday morning at 9. It is, Shen said, the only radio show in the state geared toward a broad Chinese audience (the Charlotte area has a Chinese-language Christian station).Shen, who teaches merchandising at East Carolina University in Greenville, conceived the idea for the program last year, before she had a station on which to air it.Lu Liu and Shen created the format blending news, music and interviews in Chinese and English. Guests range from recent college grads sharing their experiences to Chinese restaurant owners talking about the economy to a medal-winning gymnast discussing the Olympics.For more information about Liuyng Shen and The China Hour, please see their website: http://www.chinahourradio.com/index.html.

• Release Date

  Apr 13, 2009

• Runtime

  28:43