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Happy New Year, everyone.
As we step into 2025, let's take a moment to look back at trends in socializing, mastering new skills and entertainment preferences of 2024.
We've also got your unforgettable milestones, memories and moments that made the year pop.
Stay tuned for all the juicy highlights coming to you from Beijing.
I'm Heyoung joined by Lin Meng and Steve Hatherly in the studio.
First on today's show, 2025 is officially here.
Ready or not, let's rewind and reflect on the vibrant year of 2024, a year where sugar free socializing and daz meetups became the ultimate way to connect.
From reinventing social places to embracing new ways of learning and consuming entertainment, young people in China have been leading the charge in reshaping how we interact with the world around us.
So, Li Meng, you know what young people are doing in China, does he?
I'm not sure.
I would assume there will be.
Is this our go to correspondent on this topic?
Kind of old?
No?
You're forever young, my friend, and you do research, you keep in touch and you know, in tune with what's going on in China.
So how do young people prefer to socialize?
Well, apparently they're into something they call zero sugar socializing.
Very interesting.