TeaTime Chinese: Make China comprehensible
Our mission
TeaTime Chinese is an independent, multimedia project that aims to inform you on everything Chinese. Mainstream media sells you propaganda and talking points, we don't.
Our story
Nathan started working on the TeaTime Chinese podcast from his dormitory during his exchange study in Tokyo, Japan back in 2021. Initially working as an online Chinese teacher and looking for learning materials for his students, he found most Chinese podcasts on the market cringy and lacking depth. He decided to do something about it. A fervent proponent of the Comprehensible Input method, the TeaTime Chinese podcast discusses Chinese culture, society, history and literature all in slow, comprehensible Chinese. It was an instant success. Today, the TeaTime Chinese podcast has become the best intermediate Chinese podcast, used by universities, tutors and self-taught learners. News projects such as TeaTime News, TeaTalk aim to broaden your knowledge on everything happening in today's China. We are a three-people team based in Paris, France.
The team
Nathan launched TeaTime Chinese in 2021 to share the China he grew up between — the one you don't see on the news. He writes, records and edits every episode, and personally answers every letter from listeners.
Changrui designs, builds and maintains the TeaTime Chinese platform — from system architecture down to the smallest interface detail. The site you're using is his work.
Get in touch
Have a question, an idea, or a story you'd like us to tell? Write to us at nathan@teatimechinese.com — every email is read by a human, and most get a reply.