China's Love-Hate Relationship With Animals - Intermediate Chinese - Chinese Audio Podcast

In the distant past, having pets was a rare occurence in the general Chinese population. But during the last 10 years, pet ownership among young Chinese has increased dramatically. Why is this and how does the society at large feel about this change? Eileen and Kirk discuss this topic. Topics Discussed: 1. Why did Kirk fear dogs? 2. Why did Kirk get a dog as pet? 3. Why do Chinese like pets now? 4. Dog meat eating practice in China 5. Animal abuse industry in China 6. Cat lovers reaction to cat abusers 7. Conflicts between Chinese pet and non-pet owners Music: Blue Skies by Silent Partner Watch this video WITHOUT English subtitles: https://mandarincorner.org/videos-by-... Like our unique content? We need your support to continue making these kinds of videos and maintain our website. When you support us, you become a Mandarin Corner Supporter. This will allow you to download all our audio, video and access all our other premium content. Please consider supporting us in one of the following ways: 1) Support us with international credit cards or debit cards: https://www.patreon.com/mandarincorne... 2) support us with a one-time PayPal donation at: https://mandarincorner.org/one-time-p... 3) Finally, you can support us through WeChat or Alipay: http://www.mandarincorner.org/support... 4) Become a member of our channel and get some great perks!