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This week… Is a glorious week, Seamo made his return to The Stu! Andy joined the fellas virtually again and they dove deep into Brewers, Bucks, Packers, Olympic Flag Football, the Fall of Favre documentary, and some long term NFL bets were made! Kärel and Andy both tried to spell a word but the Dictionary didn't bat an eye. 188 was filled with laughs, burps, jokes and swearing! Tune in to tune out the world with HUA! But before any of the nonsense, they saved the best for first, with the Beer of the Week! During the BOW the fellas rate and review a new beer. They discuss the history of the brewery and examine what's in the beer they're drinking. Then, they break down the beer by its drinkability, the probability they'd drink it again, its chugability, and the can's attractability. Find out if Josephsbrau Summer Brew passed the HUA test.Beer of the Week: 05:50 - 48:15Sports World News: 48:20 - 02:47:15Kärel v.s. The Dictionary: 02:49:25 - 02:58:00BOW: Josephsbrau, Summer BrewHUA 188 Drinking game: everytime Seamus talks, drink! Good luck ;)Big shout out to the talented Adrian Pell! He created the intro and outro music for us. Check him out on IG: @AdrianPellMusicHold Us Accountable is on Patreon! Just search, ‘Hold Us Accountable.' We're just trying to earn us some beer money, nothing more nothing less! Join for just $1 a month! https://patreon.com/HoldUsAccountable920?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink If you're listening on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, rate and review the show, it helps us out a lot!Check out and subscribe to our YouTube Channel!⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRVYu7zopmxja1RsmVpOucQ/featur⁠We're live on Twitch, check out our page!⁠https://www.twitch.tv/holdusaccountable⁠Find us on X:⁠https://twitter.com/hua_pod?s=11&t=DqKX0s9j1XzF2xFF3dBlDA⁠If you want to let us know what you think of the show, or have an idea for the show, you can DM us on Facebook or Instagram @HoldUsAccountable

This week… The fellas were prepped and ready to welcome Kim Davis, the host of the true crime podcast Slaycation. For reasons unknown Kim never joined the show. The date and time was confirmed but Kim was nowhere to be found. Hopefully her not showing up isn't the start of a true crime mystery, DUN DUN DUN! If it is, it was probably the husband or a scorned lover. Ah jeez I listened to a few too many true crime pods to prep for this episode and it got me nowhere! Thanks a lot Slaycation. Luckily Max had a true crime story ready to tell, and of “coors” it had to do with beer. Andy filled in for Kim and FaceTimed the whole show. They talked WI sports briefly, then battled the Urban Dictionary and found a few gems! They'll be out next week but they talked about creating the bar top challenge and what they'll be doing in their time off. The fellas were feeling pretty down but the beers kept their spirits high and they laughed and joked through another sode! But before any of the nonsense, they saved the best for first, with the Beer of the Week! During the BOW the fellas rate and review a new beer. They discuss the history of the brewery and examine what's in the beer they're drinking. Then, they break down the beer by its drinkability, the probability they'd drink it again, its chugability, and the can's attractability. Find out if Brooklyn Brewery's Brooklyn Lager passed the HUA test.Beer of the Week: 07:20 - 01:12:20WI Sports W/ Andy O!: 01:13:30 - 01:33:00HUA v.s. The Urban Dictionary: 01:33:05 - 01:46:00Challenge Update: 01:46:05 - ENDBOW: Brooklyn Brewery, Brooklyn LagerHUA 187 Drinking game: anytime they reference Slaycation, drink! Good luck ;)Big shout out to the talented Adrian Pell! He created the intro and outro music for us. Check him out on IG: @AdrianPellMusicHold Us Accountable is on Patreon! Just search, ‘Hold Us Accountable.' We're just trying to earn us some beer money, nothing more nothing less! Join for just $1 a month! https://patreon.com/HoldUsAccountable920?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink If you're listening on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, rate and review the show, it helps us out a lot!Check out and subscribe to our YouTube Channel!⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRVYu7zopmxja1RsmVpOucQ/featur⁠We're live on Twitch, check out our page!⁠https://www.twitch.tv/holdusaccountable⁠Find us on X:⁠https://twitter.com/hua_pod?s=11&t=DqKX0s9j1XzF2xFF3dBlDA⁠If you want to let us know what you think of the show, or have an idea for the show, you can DM us on Facebook or Instagram @HoldUsAccountable

This week… Kärel and Max are back home in the OG Stu and they're still gross. They got Andy on the line to recap everything from the 2025 NFL Draft. The picks, the event, and everything in between! Rightfully so, Andy is not happy with the Milwaukee Bucks, but he still loves Giannis. Kärel watched Rudy for the 557th time and finally realized it sucks. He broke down why it sucks and Andy has never been happier. Max and Kärel planned for the HUA True Crime collab. Finally, Kärel tried to spell a word, but he should have done some reconnaissance before facing off against The Dictionary. Laughs, beers, burps, swearing and so much more! Episode 186 was a good time! But before any of the nonsense, they saved the best for first, with the Beer of the Week! During the BOW the fellas rate and review a new beer. They discuss the history of the brewery and examine what's in the beer they're drinking. Then, they break down the beer by its drinkability, the probability they'd drink it again, its chugability, and the can's attractability. Find out if Oskar Blues Brewery's Dale's Pale Ale passed the HUA test.Beer of the Week: 07:35 - 45:30Sports W/ Andy O!: 50:57 - 03:25:40HUA True Crime Plan: 03:25:45 - 03:31:00Kärel v.s. The Dictionary: 03:31:15 - 03:35:22Warp Up: 03:35:30 - ENDBOW: Oskar Blues Brewery, Dale's Pale AleHUA 186 Drinking game: every time Kärel adjusts his mic stand, drink! Good luck ;)Big shout out to the talented Adrian Pell! He created the intro and outro music for us. Check him out on IG: @AdrianPellMusicHold Us Accountable is on Patreon! Just search, ‘Hold Us Accountable.' We're just trying to earn us some beer money, nothing more nothing less! Join for just $1 a month! https://patreon.com/HoldUsAccountable920?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink If you're listening on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, rate and review the show, it helps us out a lot!Check out and subscribe to our YouTube Channel!⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRVYu7zopmxja1RsmVpOucQ/featur⁠We're live on Twitch, check out our page!⁠https://www.twitch.tv/holdusaccountable⁠Find us on X:⁠https://twitter.com/hua_pod?s=11&t=DqKX0s9j1XzF2xFF3dBlDA⁠If you want to let us know what you think of the show, or have an idea for the show, you can DM us on Facebook or Instagram @HoldUsAccountable

This week… Andy was in town for the draft! He made his debut in the new Stu and introduced the fellas to a new buddy, Sweet Blake! Sweet Blake is a hater from Michagan, but was cool enough to call in so they could all take sh!t together. Before Sweet Blake called in, the fellas talked about the 2025 NFL draft being in Green Bay and discussed some prospects they hoped the Pack might draft. Andy got sweet Blake to call in and do a first round mock draft with the fellas and they didn't do too bad! They planned how they'll attack the three daft extravaganza and who they hoped they might see. Kärel was yelling and cussing, the fellas were in a good mode and the beers were going down easy. This was a fun one from start to finish. Burps, laughs, haters and so much more! But before any of the nonsense, they saved the best for first, with the Beer of the Week! During the BOW the fellas rate and review a new beer. They discuss the history of the brewery and examine what's in the beer they're drinking. Then, they break down the beer by its drinkability, the probability they'd drink it again, its chugability, and the can's attractability. Find out if Goose Island's IPA passed the HUA test.Beer of the Week: 09:54 - 01:09:032025 NFL Draft Preview: 01:16:40 - 02:06:002025 NFL Mock Draft: 02:07:45 - 03:27:002025 NFL Draft Talk/Planning: 03:27:08 - ENDBOW: Goose Island, IPACOW: 2025 NFL Draft PlanningHUA 185 Drinking game: whenever Kärel says the name “Blake,” drink! Good luck ;)Big shout out to the talented Adrian Pell! He created the intro and outro music for us. Check him out on IG: @AdrianPellMusicHold Us Accountable is on Patreon! Just search, ‘Hold Us Accountable.' We're just trying to earn us some beer money, nothing more nothing less! Join for just $1 a month! https://patreon.com/HoldUsAccountable920?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink If you're listening on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, rate and review the show, it helps us out a lot!Check out and subscribe to our YouTube Channel!⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRVYu7zopmxja1RsmVpOucQ/featur⁠We're live on Twitch, check out our page!⁠https://www.twitch.tv/holdusaccountable⁠Find us on X:⁠https://twitter.com/hua_pod?s=11&t=DqKX0s9j1XzF2xFF3dBlDA⁠If you want to let us know what you think of the show, or have an idea for the show, you can DM us on Facebook or Instagram @HoldUsAccountable

This week… The Friday night lights and the buzz of the fast approaching 2025 NFL Draft had Kärel and Max hyped! They planned heavily for the NFL Draft. They got Andy on the phone and discussed their goals for what to do during the Draft. Kärel's determined to see McAfee and all the Draft has to offer, Andy wants to soak it all in and Max is more worried about who the Packers will draft in the 7th round. Either way they'll be there for it all! They bought a couple of mini mics to record around Lambeau and maybe get some interviews! Andy will be in the Studio with the fellas next Wednesday to finalize their draft plans and do a mock draft. Max and Kärel ended it talking sh!t. Max is trying to plan for an open mic in a few weeks. They discussed why they keep doing this dumb show even if only 5 people listen. But before any of the nonsense, they saved the best for first, with the Beer of the Week! During the BOW the fellas rate and review a new beer. They discuss the history of the brewery and examine what's in the beer they're drinking. Then, they break down the beer by its drinkability, the probability they'd drink it again, its chugability, and the can's attractability. Find out if Southern Tier Brewing Company's Early Bird Blackberry Lemonade Ale passed the HUA test.Beer of the Week: 18:11 - 57:30Draft Planning w/ Andy O!: 58:26 - 03:25:40Sh!t Talking: 03:26:00 - ENDBOW: Southern Tier Brewing Company, Early Bird Blackberry Lemonade AleCOW: n/aHUA 184 Drinking game: whenever they mention Pat McAfee or Dan Patrick, drink! Good luck ;)Big shout out to the talented Adrian Pell! He created the intro and outro music for us. Check him out on IG: @AdrianPellMusicHold Us Accountable is on Patreon! Just search, ‘Hold Us Accountable.' We're just trying to earn us some beer money, nothing more nothing less! Join for just $1 a month! https://patreon.com/HoldUsAccountable920?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink If you're listening on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, rate and review the show, it helps us out a lot!Check out and subscribe to our YouTube Channel!⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRVYu7zopmxja1RsmVpOucQ/featur⁠We're live on Twitch, check out our page!⁠https://www.twitch.tv/holdusaccountable⁠Find us on X:⁠https://twitter.com/hua_pod?s=11&t=DqKX0s9j1XzF2xFF3dBlDA⁠If you want to let us know what you think of the show, or have an idea for the show, you can DM us on Facebook or Instagram @HoldUsAccountable

This week… Buckle up and get your helmets ready, this was a wild one. At one point Kärel seemed to be down for the count so they wrapped things up, but Kärel wasn't ready to give up. He caught a second wind and rode it like a beater on a bumpy dirt road. You'll need a beer or seven to keep up with this one. They talked in circles a lot and repeated themselves a lot. They talked about their plans for the NFL Draft, who the Packers should draft, their plans for the NFL Draft, who the Packers should draft… Great, now they've got me doing it. Get me a beer! Max was trying to steer the ship but Kärel had other plans! Kärel also spilled more beer than he drank and they talked about their plans for the NFL Draft, who the Packers should draft, their plans for the NFL Draft, who the Packers should draft… Oh god there they go again, somebody get me that beer! But before any of the nonsense, they saved the best for first, with the Beer of the Week! During the BOW the fellas rate and review a new beer. They discuss the history of the brewery and examine what's in the beer they're drinking. Then, they break down the beer by its drinkability, the probability they'd drink it again, its chugability, and the can's attractability. Find out if Spoetzl Brewery's Shiner Bock passed the HUA test.Beer of the Week: 18:30 - 41:30Challenges & NFL Draft Talk: 41:42 - ENDBOW: Spoetzl Brewery, Shiner BockCOW: n/aHUA 183 Drinking game: whenever Kärel spills or they repeat themselves, drink! Good luck ;)Big shout out to the talented Adrian Pell! He created the intro and outro music for us. Check him out on IG: @AdrianPellMusicHold Us Accountable is on Patreon! Just search, ‘Hold Us Accountable.' We're just trying to earn us some beer money, nothing more nothing less! Join for just $1 a month! https://patreon.com/HoldUsAccountable920?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink If you're listening on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, rate and review the show, it helps us out a lot!Check out and subscribe to our YouTube Channel!⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRVYu7zopmxja1RsmVpOucQ/featur⁠We're live on Twitch, check out our page!⁠https://www.twitch.tv/holdusaccountable⁠Find us on X:⁠https://twitter.com/hua_pod?s=11&t=DqKX0s9j1XzF2xFF3dBlDA⁠If you want to let us know what you think of the show, or have an idea for the show, you can DM us on Facebook or Instagram @HoldUsAccountable

This week… Seamo is BACK! With a full crew the fellas found themselves in a new Stu. Kärel did a helluva job building and setting up the temporary new Stu. Spirits were high with Seamo back, the brews, laughs and outlandish conversations flowed! Max shared some breaking news, the host of the true crime podcast Slaycation will be joining the fellas to talk some true crime! True crime, comedy and beer, nothing better! Things got heated during sports talk. Andy is not happy with the Bucks and shocked the fellas with his Bucks hot take. He wants a BIG trade to go down in MKE! Kärel is all about the tush push. He loves getting his tush pushed and there's nothing wrong with that! The fellas see it the other way, or do they…? The NFL Draft is approaching so of course the fellas talked a little Draft. Then they ended things with a sneak peak of their Patreon show, Sorry Bout It. They discuss things they're sorry for not being sorry for, and of course things got weird. But before any of that nonsense, they saved the best for first, with the Beer of the Week! During the BOW the fellas rate and review a new beer. They discuss the history of the brewery and examine what's in the beer they're drinking. Then, they break down the beer by its drinkability, the probability they'd drink it again, its chugability, and the can's attractability. Find out if Lion's Tail Brewing Co.'s First Round Pick Cream Ale passed the HUA test.Beer of the Week: 20:30 - 56:20Sports Talk w/ Andy O!: 58:40 - 02:44:00Sorry Bout It: 02:44:30 - ENDBOW: Lion's Tail Brewing Co. First Round Pick Cream AleHUA 182 Drinking game: whenever Kärel yells or puts his feet on the coffee table, drink! Good luck ;)Big shout out to the talented Adrian Pell! He created the intro and outro music for us. Check him out on IG: @AdrianPellMusicHold Us Accountable is on Patreon! Just search, ‘Hold Us Accountable.' We're just trying to earn us some beer money, nothing more nothing less! Join for just $1 a month! https://patreon.com/HoldUsAccountable920?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink If you're listening on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, rate and review the show, it helps us out a lot!Check out and subscribe to our YouTube Channel!⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRVYu7zopmxja1RsmVpOucQ/featur⁠We're live on Twitch, check out our page!⁠https://www.twitch.tv/holdusaccountable⁠Find us on X:⁠https://twitter.com/hua_pod?s=11&t=DqKX0s9j1XzF2xFF3dBlDA⁠If you want to let us know what you think of the show, or have an idea for the show, you can DM us on Facebook or Instagram @HoldUsAccountable

Bienvenue dans l'autre des N-Sex !Dans cet épisode, Ken est accompagné de Antistar, Bytell, Sundae et de Lâm Hua en guest pour réagir au Nintendo Direct dévoilant la Nintendo Switch 2 !Au programme de cet épisode exceptionnel, nous vous proposons nos pronostics (qui ont plus ou moins bien vieilli) concernant le Nintendo Direct avant de réagir en live à ce dernier, puis de vous en proposer un débrief complet.Dans le bilan, nous revenons également sur les annonces et informations obtenues sur les réseaux et le site officiel de Nintendo en marge du Direct, et notamment les questions de tarification qui font clairement débat…N'hésitez pas à nous faire également part de vos avis sur l'annonce officielle de la Switch 2 et de ses jeux, et des diverses informations qui l'ont accompagnée !Bonne écoute à toutes et à tous et encore un énorme MERCI pour votre soutien, qui permet non seulement à cette émission d'exister mais également de vous proposer un format en plateau pour cet épisode exceptionnel !AntistarPS : J'AI DECOUPÉ EN AUDIO LA PARTIE REACT AU DIRECT POUR PASSER AU DEBRIEF IMMEDIATEMENT Get bonus content on Patreon Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

This week… Kärel is back in the Stu! Max and Kärel call Andy O and a new buddy, Eli joins in to talk all things Wisconsin sports. They talked Bucks, Badgers and of course da Pack! They examined the two free agents the Packers signed and how they'll affect the roster heading into the draft. Then they discussed the upcoming 2025 NFL Draft and guessed who the Packers might take in the first round. Max shared an interesting draft story regarding a player being drafted in the first round who never played a down of college football. Kärel had a sharp Guess That Packer. Andy and Eli hung around to answer some questions from the group chat. Max and Kärel read a listener's confession and gave their thoughts on the sick f**k. Then they ended things reviewing some of the new music Max found during last week's episode. Kärel finally got to meet his long lost uncle, Lordkuke! But before any of that nonsense, they saved the best for first, with the Beer of the Week! During the BOW the fellas rate and review a new beer. They discuss the history of the brewery and examine what's in the beer they're drinking. Then, they break down the beer by its drinkability, the probability they'd drink it again, its chugability, and the can's attractability. Find out if Badger State Brewing's SKI-BRW & Best Day Brewing's Electro-Lime Cerca De Cerveza passed the HUA test.Beer of the Week: 08:15 - 56:45Sports W/ Andy O. & Eli!: 01:00:02 - 02:49:22Group Chat Questions: 02:50:11 - 03:02:55Confession: 03:05:00 - 03:14:15New Music Recap: 03:14:22 - ENDBOW: Badger State Brewing, SKI-BRW (Dark Lager) & Best Day Brewing, Electro-Lime Cerca De Cerveza (Non-Alcoholic Mexican Style Lager)COW: n/aHUA 181 Drinking game: whenever some gets made fun of, drink! Good luck ;)Big shout out to the talented Adrian Pell! He created the intro and outro music for us. Check him out on IG: @AdrianPellMusicHold Us Accountable is on Patreon! We're just trying to earn us some beer money, nothing more nothing less! Join for just $1 a month! https://patreon.com/HoldUsAccountable920?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink If you're listening on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, rate and review the show, it helps us out a lot!Check out and subscribe to our YouTube Channel!⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRVYu7zopmxja1RsmVpOucQ/featur⁠We're live on Twitch, check out our page!⁠https://www.twitch.tv/holdusaccountable⁠Find us on X:⁠https://twitter.com/hua_pod?s=11&t=DqKX0s9j1XzF2xFF3dBlDA⁠If you want to let us know what you think of the show, or have an idea for the show, you can DM us on Facebook or Instagram @HoldUsAccountable

This week… Max flew solo! Hopefully he flew better than a Delta pilot… Hey Now! He broke away from the usually scheduled program and talked zero sports! Well, he talked sports for about five minutes, but that's it! He answered some listener questions and the train went off the rails quick ladies and gentlemen… I mean he went OFF on a couple listeners. One listener wasn't sure if he was drinking too much and another listener was having a tough time coping with the fact that he banged his hot roomate. Max didn't hold back but I think he made some good points amidst his rambling, yelling, swearing and burping. I'll never understand how a guy can get so worked up while talking to himself, this guy's got some issues folks! Then Max introduced a new segment to the show, “The New Music Hour.” He listened and reacted to some up and coming artists' new music. He played their video clips and gave his honest reactions. Let me tell you whhhat, there's some talented people out there but none of them were on this show… Lotta laughs, it was a gooooood time! But before any of that nonsense, he saved the best for first, with the Beer of the Week! During the BOW Max rated and reviewed a new beer. He discussed the history of the brewery and examined what's in the beer he was drinking. Then, he broke down the beer by its drinkability, the probability he'd drink it again, its chugability, and the can's attractability. Find out if Raised Grain Brewing Company's Drift Wood Porter passed the HUA test.Beer of the Week: 0:14:05 - 01:17:15The New Music Hour: 01:23:34 - ENDBOW: Raised Grain Brewing Company, Drift Wood PorterCOW: n/aHUA 180 Drinking game: anytime Max burps or says “beta testing,” drink! Good luck ;)Big shout out to the talented Adrian Pell! He created the intro and outro music for us. Check him out on IG: @AdrianPellMusicIf you're listening on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, rate and review the show, it helps us out a lot!Check out and subscribe to our YouTube Channel!⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRVYu7zopmxja1RsmVpOucQ/featur⁠We're live on Twitch, check out our page!⁠https://www.twitch.tv/holdusaccountable⁠Find us on X:⁠https://twitter.com/hua_pod?s=11&t=DqKX0s9j1XzF2xFF3dBlDA⁠If you want to let us know what you think of the show, or have an idea for the show, you can DM us on Facebook or Instagram @HoldUsAccountable

This week… The fellas upgraded their surroundings a bit and are feeling themselves in this one. New lights, new mics, new mic stands, new Stu arrangement, but they're still the same old degenerates. They get Andy on the phone and to talk sports but Kärel steers the ship down a different direction… yikes! Kärel and Max discuss new COW games and ideas. Max recapps how he bombed at the Skyline comedy club then they discuss their new challenge! They're going to make a bar to sit behind in the Stu and hopefully make a cool bar sign to add to the front of the bar. Episode 179 was a fun one filled with jokes, swearing, laughs, burps and so much! But before any of that nonsense, they saved the best for first, with the Beer of the Week! During the BOW the fellas rate and review a new beer. They discuss the history of the brewery and examine what's in the beer they're drinking. Then, they break down the beer by its drinkability, the probability they'd drink it again, its chugability, and the can's attractability. Find out if Stubborn Brothers Brewery's Sweet Peel American Wheat passed the HUA test.Beer of the Week: 07:42 - 42:05Hanging w/ Andy O!: 49:20 - 02:25:05COW Talk: 02:25:24 - 02:36:25Monthly Challenge Updates: 02:36:31 - ENDBOW: Stubborn Brothers Brewery, Sweet Peel American WheatCOW: ideas for new COW gamesHUA 179 Drinking game:anytime the fellas reference the new lights and/or mics, drink! Good luck ;)Big shout out to the talented Adrian Pell! He created the intro and outro music for us. Check him out on IG: @AdrianPellMusicIf you're listening on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, rate and review the show, it helps us out a lot!Check out and subscribe to our YouTube Channel!⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRVYu7zopmxja1RsmVpOucQ/featur⁠We're live on Twitch, check out our page!⁠https://www.twitch.tv/holdusaccountable⁠Find us on X:⁠https://twitter.com/hua_pod?s=11&t=DqKX0s9j1XzF2xFF3dBlDA⁠If you want to let us know what you think of the show, or have an idea for the show, you can DM us on Facebook or Instagram @HoldUsAccountable

China encourages foreign businesses to expand investment in sectors including advanced manufacturing, modern services, high-tech industries and energy conservation, further advancing its economic openness and innovation-driven growth, government officials said on Thursday.2月20日，政府官员表示，中国鼓励外资企业在先进制造业、现代服务业、高新技术产业、节能环保等领域扩大投资，进一步推动经济开放和创新驱动发展。Speaking at a news conference in Beijing, they said that China will soon introduce the 2025 edition of its industry catalog encouraging foreign investment. The new catalog will further expand market access for foreign investors in key industrial sectors.在北京举行的新闻发布会上，政府官员表示中国将尽快发布2025年版《鼓励外商投资产业目录》。新版目录将进一步扩大外资在重点产业领域的市场准入。Their remarks came after the State Council, China's Cabinet, issued an action plan on Wednesday aimed at stabilizing foreign investment this year.2月19日，国务院公布《2025年稳外资行动方案》，做好今年年稳外资工作。随后相关部门作出上述回应。As part of the plan, China will lift restrictions on domestic loans for foreign-invested businesses, allowing them to use domestic financing for equity investments. It will also support pilot regions in effectively implementing opening-up policies related to areas such as telecommunications, biotechnology and wholly foreign-owned hospitals, offering comprehensive services to facilitate foreign-invested projects in these sectors.方案提出，中国将取消外商投资性公司使用境内贷款限制，允许外商投资性公司使用境内贷款开展股权投资。支持试点地区抓好增值电信、生物技术、外商独资医院领域开放试点政策宣贯落实，对相关领域外商洽谈项目开展“专班式”跟踪服务。Hua Zhong, head of the department of foreign capital and overseas investment at the National Development and Reform Commission, said the new catalog will reflect China's economic growth trends and industrial advancements.国家发展改革委利用外资和境外投资司负责人华中表示，新版目录将反映中国的经济增长趋势和产业进步。"We will collaborate with other government branches to align with high-standard international economic and trade rules in key areas, including intellectual property protection, industrial subsidies, labor rights and government procurement, ensuring compatibility in regulations, management and standards," Hua said.华中说：“我们将与其他政府部门合作，在产权保护、产业补贴、劳动权益、政府采购等重点领域，与高标准国际经贸规则接轨，确保在法规、管理、标准方面的兼容性。”Wang Xiaohong, a researcher at the China Center for International Economic Exchanges in Beijing, said the new catalog is expected to further attract capital into emerging industries, reinforcing China's position as a global hub for high-tech and green development.北京中国国际经济交流中心研究员王晓红表示，新版目录有望进一步吸引资本流入新兴产业，巩固中国作为全球高科技中心和绿色发展中心的地位。Yao Jun, director of the department of planning at the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said the government will actively support entrepreneurs and investors from all countries in innovating and starting businesses in China, encouraging foreign companies to establish research and development centers and collaborate with domestic enterprises.工业和信息化部规划司司长姚珺表示，政府将积极支持各国企业家和投资人来华创新创业，鼓励外资企业在华设立研发中心，并与国内企业开展合作。China will promote foreign participation in digital development, green transition and smart manufacturing, as well as facilitate localization of advanced technologies and solutions, Yao added.姚珺补充说，中国将支持外资企业参与中国制造业的数字化、绿色化和智能化发展进程，加快先进技术和解决方案在中国的落地和应用。Foreign-invested businesses in China play a significant role in the economy, contributing one-seventh of tax revenue, about one-third of foreign trade and half of electromechanical and high-tech product exports, as well as creating nearly 7 percent of employment opportunities, according to data from the Ministry of Commerce.据商务部数据显示，在华外资企业在中国经济中发挥着重要作用，贡献了七分之一的税收、约三分之一的进出口、二分之一的机电产品和高新技术产品的出口，创造了近7%的就业机会。To date, foreign investment in China spans 20 industrial categories and 115 major sectors. In the manufacturing sector alone, foreign capital is present in 31 major categories and 548 subcategories.截至目前，外商在华投资已覆盖了20个行业门类、115个行业大类。仅在制造业领域，就有31个大类和548个小类都有外商投资。To further enhance national treatment for foreign-invested enterprises, Ling Ji, vice-minister of commerce and deputy China international trade representative, said the country is actively revising its Government Procurement Law and exploring specific standards for "domestic production" by foreign companies in this area.商务部副部长兼国际贸易谈判副代表凌激表示，为进一步提升外资企业的国民待遇，中国正积极推进政府采购法的修订，研究制定外资企业在政府采购领域“中国境内生产”的具体标准。Despite rising geopolitical tensions and the growing trend of unilateralism and protectionism, Ling emphasized that China's vast market, highly efficient industrial and supply chains, and continuously evolving innovation ecosystem provide a strong foundation and fertile ground for multinational companies to invest and expand in the country.凌激强调，尽管地缘政治紧张局势加剧，单边主义、保护主义明显上升，但中国超大规模市场、完备高效的产业链供应链、持续优化的创新环境，这些都为跨国公司在华投资和扩张提供了坚实的基础和良好的土壤。Noting that the United States' tariff hikes disrupt normal China-US economic and trade cooperation and fail to address its own challenges, Zhu Bing, director of the Commerce Ministry's department of foreign investment administration, said that such measures not only harm foreign-invested enterprises in China, including US companies, but also erode multinational corporations' investment confidence and decision-making abilities.商务部外国投资管理司司长朱冰指出，美国加征关税的做法不仅对中美正常经贸合作造成破坏，也无益于解决自身的问题，既不利于包括美资企业在内的在华外资企业发展，也会干扰跨国公司的投资信心和决策能力。"While some foreign, labor-intensive businesses are adjusting their global footprint and reallocating production capacity based on their strategic priorities and comparative advantages, many multinational corporations are evolving their investment strategies to stay competitive in China," Zhu said.朱冰表示：“虽然有一部分劳动密集型外资企业正在根据其战略重点和国内外比较优势，在全球范围内调整布局、重新分配产能，但许多跨国公司正在调整其投资策略，以保持在中国市场的竞争力。”Several foreign companies have expanded production lines for high-tech products, including high-end displays and new energy batteries, signaling a shift toward advanced manufacturing. Others have increased investment in their research and development centers in China, further upgrading their innovation capabilities.有的外资企业增加了高端显示、新能源电池等一些高技术产品的生产线，向先进制造业转变。还有的企业扩大了在华研发中心的投资，进一步提升其创新能力。For example, Panasonic Holdings Corp of Japan will start construction of a factory in Shanghai in July to produce semiconductor packaging materials, with an investment of 120 million yuan ($16.5 million).例如，日本松下控股公司宣布其生产半导体封装材料的新工厂将于7月在上海破土动工，投资额为1.2亿元人民币（1650万美元）。"China's well-developed supply chain, supportive policies, abundant R&D talent, continuously advancing innovation ecosystem and vast market potential make it an attractive destination for multinational companies," said Tetsuro Homma, executive vice-president of Panasonic.松下执行副总裁本间哲郎表示：“中国完备的供应链、支持性政策、丰富的研发人才、不断优化的创新环境和巨大的市场潜力，让它成为对跨国公司颇具吸引力的投资目的地。”Data from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology shows that China saw actual use of foreign investment in the manufacturing sector exceed 220 billion yuan in 2024, after it removed all market access restrictions for foreign investors in the sector last year.据工信部数据显示，2024年中国全面取消制造业外资准入限制后，这一年制造业实际使用外资超过了2200亿元人民币。equityn.（公司的）股本；股票

This week… Kärel's back from his coma! Max and Kärel discuss the World Beer Cup. They give Andy a call to recap the lamest, most rigged Super Bowl in history. Andy also fills in the fellas on how the Bucks trades have been panning out, how the Badgers are doing and they talked a whole lotta Packers and the NFL. Max and Kärel recapped their TJ and the ANT collab. Isadora helped them answer the pressing issues of 1993. Then they wrapped things up with challenge talk. But before any of that nonsense, they saved the best for first, with the Beer of the Week! During the BOW the fellas rate and review a new beer. They discuss the history of the brewery and examine what's in the beer they're drinking. Then, they break down the beer by its drinkability, the probability they'd drink it again, its chugability, and the can's attractability. Find out if Terry Gene Bollea Brewing's Real American Beer passed the HUA test.Beer of the Week: 07:20 - 01:00:10Sports & Stuff w/ Andy O!: 01:05:38 - 02:44:55TJ & The ANT Collab Recap: 02:45:22 - 02:51:10Ask Isadora: 02:51:15 - 03:01:43Challenge Updates: 03:01:47 - ENDBOW: Terry Gene Bollea Brewing, Real American Beer HUA 178 Drinking game: Drink anytime they do a Hulk Hogan impression, Good luck ;)Big shout out to the talented Adrian Pell! He created the intro and outro music for us. Check him out on IG: @AdrianPellMusicIf you're listening on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, rate and review the show, it helps us out a lot!Check out and subscribe to our YouTube Channel!⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRVYu7zopmxja1RsmVpOucQ/featur⁠We're live on Twitch, check out our page!⁠https://www.twitch.tv/holdusaccountable⁠Find us on X:⁠https://twitter.com/hua_pod?s=11&t=DqKX0s9j1XzF2xFF3dBlDA⁠If you want to let us know what you think of the show, or have an idea for the show, you can DM us on Facebook or Instagram @HoldUsAccountable

This week… Kärel was out due to injury, prayers up and Seamo was out getting jacked, so Max tried to captain the HUA ship solo dolo! It was his third attempt at it and he did… Well, you be the judge of that. He tackled all the pressing issues in the world; beer, sports, comedy and breaking habits. Max called Andy to break down all the trades in the NBA, talk college hoops and they made their Super Bowl predictions! Then Max recapped their TJ and The ANT collab - more to come on that and he even took a swing at some True Crime! But before any of that nonsense, he saved the best for first, with the Beer of the Week! During the BOW he rates and reviews a new beer. He discussed the history of the brewery and examined what's in the beer he was drinking. Then, he broke down the beer by its drinkability, the probability he'd drink it again, its chugability, and the can's attractability. Find out if Central Waters Brewing Co.'s Mudpuppy Porter passed the HUA test.Beer of the Week: 10:35 - 42:15Sports & Stuff w/ Andy O!: 46:40 - 01:42:30TJ & The ANT Collab Recap: 01:48:15 - 01:57:15Challenge Updates & Mentals: 01:57:20 - 02:17:35HUA True Crime: 02:17:58 - ENDBOW: Central Waters Brewing Co., Mudpuppy PorterCOW: breaking habits HUA 177 Drinking game: drink every five minutes. It's the only way to get through this one… Good luck ;)Big shout out to the talented Adrian Pell! He created the intro and outro music for us. Check him out on IG: @AdrianPellMusicIf you're listening on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, rate and review the show, it helps us out a lot!Check out and subscribe to our YouTube Channel!⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRVYu7zopmxja1RsmVpOucQ/featur⁠We're live on Twitch, check out our page!⁠https://www.twitch.tv/holdusaccountable⁠Find us on X:⁠https://twitter.com/hua_pod?s=11&t=DqKX0s9j1XzF2xFF3dBlDA⁠If you want to let us know what you think of the show, or have an idea for the show, you can DM us on Facebook or Instagram @HoldUsAccountable

This week… Kärel and Max went back to their roots and things got a little hazy in the Stu. They called Andy and went hard into the sports world. They reminisced over the late great legend Bob Uecker, RIP! There's scandals a brewing in college football and Andy filled in the fellas. The Bucks look like a bunch of does and the Pack made some coaching changes! With the Packers coaching news the degenerates went down a rabbit hole and talked Pack for a minute. Hopefully Gutekunst was listening because they solved all their problems. Justin Tucker likes to get untucked and Max read all the gross details. Then they continued their planning for their collab with TJ and the ANT! Finally they ended things with a quick challenge update. 176 was a helluva time filled with, you guessed it, burps, swearing, laughs, jokes and so much more! But before any of that nonsense, they saved the best for first, with the Beer of the Week! During the BOW the fellas rate and review a new beer. They discuss the history of the brewery and examine what's in the beer they're drinking. Then, they break down the beer by its drinkability, the probability they'd drink it again, its chugability, and the can's attractability. Find out if Solemn Oath Brewery's Small Wave City Club Hazy IPA passed the HUA test. Beer of the Week: 05:00 - 28:54 Sports w/ Andy O!: 29:40 - 02:28:15 TJ & The ANT Collab: 02:21:15 - 02:34:53 Challenge Talk & Mentals: 02:35:06 - END BOW: Solemn Oath Brewery, Small Wave City Club Hazy IPA COW: plan for the TJ and The ANT collab! HUA 176 Drinking game: everytime they swear, drink! Good luck ;) Big shout out to the talented Adrian Pell! He created the intro and outro music for us. Check him out on IG: @AdrianPellMusic If you're listening on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, rate and review the show, it helps us out a lot! Check out and subscribe to our YouTube Channel! ⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRVYu7zopmxja1RsmVpOucQ/featur⁠ We're live on Twitch, check out our page! ⁠https://www.twitch.tv/holdusaccountable⁠ Find us on X: ⁠https://twitter.com/hua_pod?s=11&t=DqKX0s9j1XzF2xFF3dBlDA⁠ If you want to let us know what you think of the show, or have an idea for the show, you can DM us on Facebook or Instagram @HoldUsAccountable

This week… Max and Kärel tackled all the biggest issues in the world - beer, sports and citrus fruits! They called Andy to fully wrap up the Packers season. They started to look ahead to the offseason and plan for an NFL Draft weekend bonanza. They also commented on the rigged NFL playoffs and the ho-hum National Championship game. Andy filled in the fellas on all things Wisconsin sports. Badger basketball, Milwaukee Bucks and Brewers. They continued to plan for their collaboration with Doug Heim and his podcast, TJ and The ANT! Max and Kärel shot darts for a weekly challenge. While shooting darts they read and laughed through some listener confessions. While the confessions were weird, the fellas' response to those confessions were even weirder! Let's just say it had the fellas revealing a bit too much… Finally the degenerates ended things by talking challenges. Kärel has the woodworking itch back and Max is trying to kick his THC itch! They discuss their inspiration and struggles, how it's affecting their mentals and how they're trying to overcome bad habits. Jokes, burps, laughs, swearing and so much more this episode had it all! But before any of that nonsense, they saved the best for first, with the Beer of the Week! During the BOW the fellas rate and review a new beer. They discuss the history of the brewery and examine what's in the beer they're drinking. Then, they break down the beer by its drinkability, the probability they'd drink it again, its chugability, and the can's attractability. Find out if Guinness Draught Beer passed the HUA test. Beer of the Week: 04:37 - 36:15 WI Sports w/ Andy O!: 40:30 - 02:00:40 TJ & The ANT Collab: 02:01:05 - 02:10:25 Darts & Confessions: 02:13:48 - 02:35:20 Challenge Talk & Mentals: 02:49:00 - END BOW: Guinness Draught Beer COW: plan for the TJ and The ANT collab! HUA 175 Drinking game: every time they burp, drink! Good luck ;) Big shout out to the talented Adrian Pell! He created the intro and outro music for us. Check him out on IG: @AdrianPellMusic If you're listening on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, rate and review the show, it helps us out a lot! Check out and subscribe to our YouTube Channel! ⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRVYu7zopmxja1RsmVpOucQ/featur⁠ We're live on Twitch, check out our page! ⁠https://www.twitch.tv/holdusaccountable⁠ Find us on X: ⁠https://twitter.com/hua_pod?s=11&t=DqKX0s9j1XzF2xFF3dBlDA⁠ If you want to let us know what you think of the show, or have an idea for the show, you can DM us on Facebook or Instagram @HoldUsAccountable

This week… Kärel and Max hold down the Stu while Seamus is busy being a grown up. Unfortunately for Seam he missed out on a double whammy BOW! The degenerates called Andy to commiserate over the Packers embarrassing playoff loss. They discussed the current state of the Pack and what they think should be done to get back on track. Kärel had a helluva Guess that Packer. Then Andy and Max help Kärel with his no way parlay. Max has some big news regarding a TJ and The ANT & a HUA collab! Then Max and Kärel talked challenges and how it's been affecting their mental health both positively and negatively. Laughs, burps, jokes, swearing and so much more! But before any of that nonsense, they saved the best for first, with the Beer of the Week! During the BOW the fellas rate and review a new beer. They discuss the history of the brewery and examine what's in the beer they're drinking. Then, they break down the beer by its drinkability, the probability they'd drink it again, its chugability, and the can's attractability. Find out if Yuengling's Hershey's Chocolate Porter or Samuel Adams' Breakaway Blonde Ale passed the HUA test. Beer of the Week: 04:20 - 45:55 WI Sports w/ Andy O!: 45:30 - 02:42:10 TJ & The ANT Collab: 02:42:20 - 02:48:55 Challenges & Mental Health Talk: 02:49:00 - END BOW: Yuengling, Hershey's Chocolate Porter & Samuel Adams, Breakaway Blonde Ale  COW: pick a challenge for yourself… good one Kärel HUA 174 Drinking game: every time we say “chocolate” or “biscuit,” drink! Big shout out to the talented Adrian Pell! He created the intro and outro music for us. Check him out on IG: @AdrianPellMusic If you're listening on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, rate and review the show, it helps us out a lot! Check out and subscribe to our YouTube Channel! ⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRVYu7zopmxja1RsmVpOucQ/featur⁠ We're live on Twitch, check out our page! ⁠https://www.twitch.tv/holdusaccountable⁠ Find us on X: ⁠https://twitter.com/hua_pod?s=11&t=DqKX0s9j1XzF2xFF3dBlDA⁠ If you want to let us know what you think of the show, or have an idea for the show, you can DM us on Facebook or Instagram @HoldUsAccountable

This week… The man, the myth, the legend… Shaky Seam returns! The fellas are up to their usual degenerate behaviors, burping, swearing, laughing and talking honkers. They gave Andy a call to talk about all things Wisconsin sports. First they recapped the College Football Playoff games. Then they talked about the Pack and the brutal loss to the Viqueens. They looked ahead to da Bears, and made their score and stat predictions. Then they speculated on how far they think this team can make it in the playoffs, and what does a successful post season mean to us? Andy stayed on the line while the fellas shot darts and talked through listeners' questions. Finally they talked about their challenges. Will they do better than their last challenge? Well, they can't do much worse! But before any of that nonsense, they saved the best for first, with the Beer of the Week! During the BOW the fellas rate and review a new beer. They discuss the history of the brewery and examine what's in the beer they're drinking. Then, they break down the beer by its drinkability, the probability they'd drink it again, its chugability, and the can's attractability. Find out if Goose Island Brewery's Honker's Ale passed the HUA test. Beer of the Week: 04:40 - 38:20 WI Sports w/ Andy O!: 38:50 - 01:46:25 Darts & Advice: 01:50:23 - 02:11:20 Challenge Talk: 02:11:40 - END BOW: Goose Island Brewery, Honker's Ale COW: pick a challenge for yourself… good one Kärel HUA 173 Drinking game: when we say, “honkers” drink! Happy New Year! Big shout out to the talented Adrian Pell! He created the intro and outro music for us. Check him out on IG: @AdrianPellMusic If you're listening on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, rate and review the show, it helps us out a lot! Check out and subscribe to our YouTube Channel! ⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRVYu7zopmxja1RsmVpOucQ/featur⁠ We're live on Twitch, check out our page! ⁠https://www.twitch.tv/holdusaccountable⁠ Find us on X: ⁠https://twitter.com/hua_pod?s=11&t=DqKX0s9j1XzF2xFF3dBlDA⁠ If you want to let us know what you think of the show, or have an idea for the show, you can DM us on Facebook or Instagram @HoldUsAccountable

This week… It's a Christmas miracle! Andy's back in the Stu! WARNING, the fellas Ubered to the Stu and were feeling loose… They dove into the history of Christmas and mushrooms. Then they drank their way through Christmas trivia. Santa Max brought in presents for the degenerates and they were pumped! Sports talk was next and oh boy they talked about it all. They rehashed their college football playoff picks. They talked about the state of college ball and how it might affect the pros. Then they talk Packers and things got heated! Kärel was calling out Max, Max was calling out Kärel and Andy was stuck in the middle, God bless him. Then they looked ahead to the Vikings and made their score and stat predictions. Finally they talked about their challenges. Kärel's got his welder set up and is itching to use it. Max is trying to write jokes again and tried out a few on the fellas. The jokes are, well, Max has some work to do. Andy's got a challenge for himself, brew beer! Well touch base with Andy next week and see where he's at in the process. Rants, raves, burps, swearing, laughing, awkward moments this episode had it all! But before any of that nonsense, they saved the best for first, with the Beer of the Week! During the BOW the fellas rate and review a new beer. They discuss the history of the brewery and examine what's in the beer they're drinking. Then, they break down the beer by its drinkability, the probability they'd drink it again, its chugability, and the can's attractability. Find out if The Fermentorium Brewery's Vape Life Cotton Candy IPA passed the HUA test. Beer of the Week: 05:11 - 59:40 Drunk Sports: 01:11:00 - 03:20:10 Challenge Talk: 03:20:55 - END BOW: The Fermentorium Brewery, Vape Life Cotton Candy IPA COW: Max - write one joke. Kärel - figure out how to use his new welder. HUA 172 Drinking game: when we drink, you drink, merry Christmas! Big shout out to the talented Adrian Pell! He created the intro and outro music for us. Check him out on IG: @AdrianPellMusic If you're listening on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, rate and review the show, it helps us out a lot! Check out and subscribe to our YouTube Channel! ⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRVYu7zopmxja1RsmVpOucQ/featur⁠ We're live on Twitch, check out our page! ⁠https://www.twitch.tv/holdusaccountable⁠ Find us on X: ⁠https://twitter.com/hua_pod?s=11&t=DqKX0s9j1XzF2xFF3dBlDA⁠ If you want to let us know what you think of the show, or have an idea for the show, you can DM us on Facebook or Instagram @HoldUsAccountable

Last time we spoke about the Long March. Amidst escalating conflicts, the Red Army, led by the newly empowered Mao Zedong, faced immense pressures from the Nationalist Army. Struggling through defeats and dwindling forces, they devised a bold retreat known as the Long March. Starting in October 1934, they evaded encirclement and crossed treacherous terrain, enduring heavy losses. Despite dire circumstances, their resilience allowed them to regroup, learn from past missteps, and ultimately strengthen their strategy, securing Mao's leadership and setting the stage for future successes against the KMT. During the Long March (1934-1936), the Red Army skillfully maneuvered through treacherous terrain, evading the pursuing National Revolutionary Army. Despite harsh conditions and dwindling numbers, advances and strategic ploys allowed them to cross critical rivers and unite with reinforcements. Under Mao Zedong's leadership, they faced internal struggles but ultimately preserved their unity. By journey's end, they had transformed into a formidable force, setting the stage for future victories against their adversaries and solidifying their influence in China.   #131 The Complicated Story about Xinjiang Welcome to the Fall and Rise of China Podcast, I am your dutiful host Craig Watson. But, before we start I want to also remind you this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Perhaps you want to learn more about the history of Asia? Kings and Generals have an assortment of episodes on history of asia and much more  so go give them a look over on Youtube. So please subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry for some more history related content, over on my channel, the Pacific War Channel where I cover the history of China and Japan from the 19th century until the end of the Pacific War. I've said probably too many times, but theres one last major series of events I'd like to cover before we jump into the beginning of the 15 year war between China and Japan. When I say Xinjiang I imagine there are two responses from you in the audience, 1) what the hell is Xinjiang or number 2) oh what about that place in northwest China. That pretty much sums it up, the history of this province, or region if you want to call it that is almost never spoken about. It was a place as we have seen multiple times in the series, where conflicts come and go like the weather. But in the 1930's things really heated up. What I want to talk about is collectively part of the Xinjiang Wars, but more specifically I want to talk about the Kumul Rebellion. There's really no way to jump right into this one so I am going to have to explain a bit about the history of Xinjiang.  Xinjiang in a political sense is part of China and has been the cornerstone of China's strength and prestige going back to the Han dynasty over 2000 years ago. In a cultural sense however, Xinjiang is more inline with the Muslim dominated middle-east. It's closer to th Turkic and Iranian speaking peoples of Central Asia. From a geographical point of view Xinjiang is very much on the periphery. It is very isolated from western asia by the massed ranks of the Hindu Kush, the Pamirs, the Tien Shan, the Indian Subcontinent of Karakoram, Kunlun, the Himalaya ranges and of course by the Gobi desert. It neither belongs to the east or west. As a province of China its the largest and most sparsely populated. It can be divided into two main regions, the Tarim Basin and Zungharia and then into two lesser but economically significant regions, the Ili Valley and Turgan Depression. The Tien Shan mountain range extends roughly eastward from the Pamir Massif, creating a formidable barrier between Zungharia and the Tarim Basin. This natural obstacle complicates direct communication between the two regions, particularly during winter. The Ili Valley, separated from Zungharia by a northern extension of the Tien Shan, is physically isolated from the rest of the province and can only be easily accessed from the west. This western area came under Russian control in the mid-nineteenth century and now forms part of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic. Now it has to be acknowledged, since the formation of the PRC in 1949, Xinjiang changed in size and ethnic composition. The CCP drove a massive Han migrant wave over. Regardless, Han's make up a minority and according to some population statistics taken during the 1940s, Xinjiang was dominated by 7 Muslim nationalities, roughly 3.5 million people out of a total population of 3.7 million. 200,000 of these were Han settlers, while 75,000-100,000 were Mongols, Russians, Tunguzic peoples (those being Sibo, Solon and Manchu), a few Tibetans, Afghans and Indians. Among the various indigenous Muslim nationalities of Xinjiang, the Uighurs stand out as the most numerous and politically important. This Turkic-speaking group primarily consists of sedentary agriculturalists who reside in the oases of the Tarim Basin, Turfan, Kumul, and the fertile lowlands of the Hi Valley. In the late 1940s, the Uyghur population in Xinjiang was estimated to be approximately 2,941,000. Following the Uyghurs, the second-largest Muslim nationality in the region is the Kazakhs, with an estimated population of around 319,000 during the late Republican Period. Kirghiz come in third, with an estimated population of about 65,000 at the same time. Both the Kazakhs and Kirghiz in Xinjiang are nomadic Turkic-speaking peoples, with the Kazakhs primarily found in the highland areas of Zungharia and the Hi Valley, while the Kirghiz inhabit the upland pastures of the Tien Shan and Pamirs. There also exist a small group of Iranian-speaking 'Mountain' Tajiks living in the upland Sarikol region in the far southwest, with an estimated population of 9,000 in the mid-1940s; a primarily urban group of Uzbeks residing in larger oasis towns and cities of the Tarim Basin, numbering approximately 8,000 in the mid-1940s; and a smaller group of Tatars settled mainly in Urumqi and the townships near the Xinjiang-Soviet border, estimated at 5,000 during the same period. Lastly, it is important to mention the Hui, a group of Chinese-speaking Muslims dispersed throughout China, particularly in Zungharia and Kumul within Xinjiang, as well as in the neighboring northwestern provinces of Gansu, Qinghai, and Ningxia. Known as 'Tungan' in Xinjiang, the Hui population was estimated at around 92,000 in the mid-1940s and held significant political and military influence during the Republican Period. Excluding the Ismaili Tajik's of Sarikol, the Muslim population of Xinjiang, whether Turkic or Chinese speaking, are Sunni following the orthodox of Hanafi Madhhab.  As for the non Muslim population, excluding the Mongols who numbered roughly 63,000 and inhabit a narrow strip of land along the northeastern frontier between Xinjiang and the Mongolian People's Republic, Tien Shan, Ili Vally and Chuguchak, most were newcomers, migrants from the mid 18th century while the region was being conquered. Again according to the same statistics from the 1940s I mentioned, Hans represented 3-4 % of the population. Although the Han population disproportionately held power with the main administrative areas, they had no sizable territorial enclaves. The Han population can basically be divided into 5 groups; descendants of exiled criminals and political offenders; Hunanese settlers who came over after Zuo Zungtang's conquests; Tientsin merchants who were supplying Zuo's army; Shanxi caravaneers who came to trade and Gansu colonists. Lastly there were the Tunguzic Peoples and Russians. The Tunguzic speaking Sibo, Solon and Manchu settled mostly in the Ili region. The Russians also tended to live in the Ili region. These were mostly White Russian refugees from the civil war.  Xinjiang's first Republican governor was Yang Zengxin, a Yunnanese native. He had previously worked as the district magistrate in Gansu and Ningxia earning a reputation as a good manager of the local Tungan Muslim population. In 1908 he was transferred to Xinjiang and quickly found himself promoted to by the last Qing governor of Xinjiang. He held out his post after the Xinhai revolution and quelled a Urumqi rebellion soon after. Yang Zengxin's survived politically by always siding with whichever faction he thought was winning. For example in 1917, President Li Yuanghong dispatched Fan Yaonan to watch over Yang and try to replace him if possible. Yang recognized quickly whichever Warlord faction held power over the Beiyang government should be courted. Thus Yang held out for a long time and his province was comparably peaceful compared to most of warlord era China. To maintain his power, Yang enacted a divide and rule style, trying to placate the conflicts between certain groups within Xinjiang, but made sure to exclude Russian influence. Basically Yang tried his best to keep groups who could come into conflict away from each other, keeping the Uyghurs of southern Xinjiang away from the pastoral nomads of Zungharia and Tien Shan. Above all Yang considered the Bolshevik Russians to be the greatest threat to his regime, in his words “The Russians ... aimed at ... isolating the country from all outside influence, and at maintaining it in a state of medieval stagnation, thus removing any possibility of conscious and organised national resistance. As their religious and educational policy, the Russian administrators sought to preserve the archaic form of Islam and Islamic culture. . . Quranic schools of the most conservative type were favoured and protected against any modernist influence”. During his 16 year of power, Yang established himself as a competent autocrat, a mandarin of the old school and quite the capable administrator. Yet his economic policies were long term exploitative causing hardship and exhausting the province. Yang realized he was reached the threshold of what the population was willing to endure and endeavored to allow corruption to emerge within his administration provided it remained within acceptable limits. IE: did not spring forward a Muslim revolution. He opened junior positions in the administration to Muslims which had a duel effect. It made the Muslim community feel like they were part of greater things, but placed said officials in the path of the populations anger, insulating senior Han officials. Ironically it would be his fellow Han Chinese officials who would become angry with him. Some were simply ambitious of his power, others felt that Xinjiang should be more closely inline with China proper.  Rumors have it that after a dinnr party, Yang deliberately surrounded himself with opium addicts, stating to his subordinates “the inveterate opium smoker thinks more of his own comfort and convenience than of stirring up unrest among his subordinates”. Needless to say, Yang later years saw him seriously alienating senior officials. By 1926 he claimed “to have created an earthly paradise in a remote region” so he seemed to be quite full of himself. That same year he turned against his Tungan subordinates. He accused many of conspiring with Ma Qi, a Tungan warlord of Xuning in Qinghai, whom he also thought were driven by Urumqi. Deprived of his formerly loyal Tungans, Yang found himself increasingly isolated. A expedition was sent to Urumqi in 1926, whr G. N Roerich noted “The Governor's residence consisted of several well-isolated buildings and enclosed courtyards. The gates were carefully guarded by patrols of heavily armed men ... The Governor's yamen seemed to us to be in a very dilapidated condition. The glass in many of the windows on the ground floor was broken and dirty papers and rags had been pasted on the window frames. Numerous retainers roamed about the courtyards and villainous bodyguards, armed with mauser pistols, were on duty at the entrance to the yamen.” It seems likely Yang had decided to leave Xinjiang at that point. He had amassed a immense personal fortune and sent much of it to his family in China proper and also to Manila where he had a bank account. Further evidence of this was provided by Mildred Cable and Francesca French, two members of the China inland Mission who reported 'Wise old Governor Yang ... as early as 1926 ... quietly arranged a way of escape for his family and for the transference of his wealth to the security of the British Concession in Tientsin. Later in the same year, accompanied by several 'luggage cases of valuables', Yang's eldest son was sent out of Sinkiang, travelling incognito, in the company of these missionaries”. It was also at this time Yang erectd a statue of himself in th public gardens at Urumqi. According to Nicholas Roerich, this memorial was paid for with forced contributions 'from the grateful population'; by all accounts the statue was in execrable taste . While the NRA was marching upon Beijing in June of 1928, Yang ordered the KMT flag to be raised in Xinjiang. This gesture indicated to all, Yang was about to depart the province. One of Yang's most dissident subordinates, a Han named Fan Yaonan decided to act. Fan Yaonan was an ambitious modernist who received his education in Japan and someone Yang distruste from day one. Fan was appointed the post of Taoyin of Aksu by the Beijing government, an appointment Yang could have easily ingored, but was grudgingly impressd by Fans abilities. Fan proved himself very useful to Yang and was soon promoted to the Taoyin of Urumqi alongside becoming the Xinjiang Provincial Commissioner for Foreign Affairs. It seems Fan and Yang mutually disliked each other. At some point in 1926 Fan got together with a small group of like minded officials, such as the engineer at Urumqi's telegraph station and the Dean of the local school of Law, and Fan told them he wanted to assasinate Yang. Some believe Fan sought to gain favor with the KMT as motivation. Regardless on July 7th of 1928, 6 days after Yang took the post of Chairman of the Xinjiang Provincial Government under the KMT, Fan attacked. On that day, Yang was invited to a banquet to celebrate a graduation ceremony at the Urumqi law school. Fan had arranged the banquet, with 18 soldiers present, disguised as waiters wearing “red bands around their arms and Browning pistols in their sleeves”. During the meal, Fan proposed a toast to the health of Yang at which time “shots rang outsimultaneously, all aimed at the Governor. Seven bulletsin all were fired, and all reached their mark. Yang, mortally wounded, but superb in death, glared an angry defiance at his foes, 'who dares do this?' he questioned in the loud voice which had commanded instant obedience for so many years. Then he fell slowly forward, his last glance resting upon the face of the trusted Yen, as though to ask forgiveness that he had not listened to the advice so often given to him”. According to Yan Tingshan who was also wounded, Fan Yaonan finished Yang Zengxin off with two shots personally. After the assassination, whereupon 16 people were killed or wounded, Fan went to Yang official residence and seized the seals of office. He then sent a letter summonig Jin Shujen, the Commissioner for Civil Affairs in Xinjiang and Yang's second in command. Jin called Fan's bluff and refusing to come, instead sending soldiers to arrest the assassin. It seems Fan greatly miscalculated his personal support as a short gun battle broke out and he was arrested by Jin and shortly thereafter executed with his complices on July 8th. And thus, Jin Shujen found himself succeeding Yang, a less able man to the job. Jin Shujen was a Han Chinese from Gansu. He graduated from the Gansu provincial academy and served for a time as the Principal of a Provincial normal school. He then entered the Imperial Civil Service, where he came to the attention of Yang, then working as the district Magistrate at Hozhou. Yang took him on as district magistrate and Jin rose through the ranks. By 1927 Jin became the Provincial Commissioner for Civil Affairs at Urumqi. After executing Fan, Jin sent a telegram to Nanjing seeking the KMT's official recognition of his new role. Nanjing had no real options, it was fait accompli, they confirmed Jin into office and under the new KMT terminology he was appointed Provincial Chairman and commander-in-chief. In other words an official warlord.  Following his seizure of power, Jin immediately took steps to secure his newfound power. His first step was to double the salaries of the secret police and army. He also expanded the military and acquired new weaponry for them. Politically, Jin maintained the same old Qing policies Yang did, pretty much unchanged. Jin did however replace many of the Yunnanese followers under Yang with Han CHinese from Gansu. Jins younger brother, Jin Shuxin was appointed Provincial Commissioner for military affairs at Urumqi and his other brother Jin Shuqi was given the senior military post at Kashgar. His personal bodyguard member Zu Chaoqi was promoted to Brigade Commander at Urumqi. Jin maintained and expanded upon Yang's system of internal surveillance and censorship, like any good dictator would. According to H. French Ridley of the China Inland Mission at Urumqi “people were executed for 'merely making indiscreet remarks in the street during ordinary conversation”. Jin also introduced a system of internal passports so that any journey performing with Xinjiang required an official passport validation by the Provincial Chairman's personal seal, tightening his security grip and of course increasing his official revenue. Travel outside Xinjiang became nearly impossible, especially for Han officials and merchants seeking trade with China proper.  Under Jin Xinjiang's economy deteriorated while his fortune accumulated. Yang had introduced an unbacked paper currency that obviously fell victim to inflation and Jin upted the anty. Within a process of several stages, he expanded the currency, causing further inflation. Under Yang the land taxes had been a serious source of the provincial revenue, but Yang was not foolish enough to squeeze the Turkic peasantry too hard, he certainly was intelligent enough to thwart peasant revolts. Jin however, not so smart, he tossed caution to the win and doubled the land taxes, way past what would be considered the legal amount. Jin also emulated Ma Fuxiang, by establishing government monopolies over various profitable enterprises, notably the gold mine at Keriya and Jade mine at Khotan. He also monopolized the wool and pelt industry, using his police and army to force the sale of lambskins at a mere 10% of their market value. Just as with Yang's regime, wealth flowed out of the province in a continuous stream, straight into banks within China proper. According to George Vasel, a German engineer and Nazi agent hired to construct airfields in Gansu during the early 1930s, he knew a German pilot named Rathje who was secretly employed by Jin to fly a million dollars worth of gold bullion from Urumqi to Beijing. Jin did his best to keep all foreign influence out of Xinjiang and this extended also to KMT officials from China proper. Jin also of course did his best to conceal his corrupt regime from Nanjing. For all intensive purposes Jin treated Xinjiang like a feudal, medieval society. He tried to limit external trade to only be through long distance caravans. All was fine and dandy until Feng Yuxiang occupied Gansu and thus disrupted the traditional trade routes. Alongside this the Soviets had just constructed a new railroad linking Frunze, the capital of Kirghiz with Semipalatinsk in western siberia. This railroad known as the Turksib was aimed primarily to develop western Turkstan, integrating it within the new soviet system. The railroad was constructed 400 miles away from the Xinjiang frontier, on purpose to limit any activities with capitalists. When the railway was completed in 1930 it virtually strangled Xinjiang. China's share of Xinjiang's market dropped by 13% and the value of trade with the Soviets which had dropped to zero since the Russian civil war was not rising past 32 million roubles by 1930. The Soviet trade gradually was seizing a monopoly over Xinjiang and this of course affected the merchants and workers who were unable to compete. The revenue of the merchants and workers declined as new taxes were levied against them. Meanwhile alongside an increase in Soviet trade, the new railway also increased Soviet political influence over Xinjiang. It was also much faster and easier to travel from China proper to Xinjiang via Vladivostok, the trans-siberian railway and Turksib than across the North-West roads of China. For the Turkic speaking Muslims of Xinjiang, it was quite impressive and many wanted to do business and mingle with the Soviets. However to do so required a visa, and thus KMT officials in Nanjing held the keys. Jin's policies towards the Turkic Muslims, Tungans and Mongols were extremely poor from the very beginning. It seems Jin held prejudice against Muslims, some citing bad experiences with them in Gansu. Whatever the case may be, Jin rapidly antagonized both his Turkic speaking and Tungan Muslim citizens by introducing a tax on the butchering of all animals in Xinjiang and forbidding Muslims to perform the Hajj to Mecca. Some point out he did that second part to thwart a loophole on leaving Xinjiang for trade. Obviously the Muslim majority of Xinjiang and the military powerhouse of Torgut Mongols in the Tien Shan bitterly resented Jin. Despite wide scale hostility against him, the first challenges at his autocratic rule came not from various minority groups, but some ambitious Han officers under his command. Palpatin would say it was ironic.  In May of 1929 the Taoyin of Altai attempted a coup against Jin, but he was forewarned and able to confine the fighting to the Shara Sume area. In the spring of 1931 troubles broke out in Urumqi as discontented Han officers and soldiers attacked Jin's yamen. The attack failed, and the instigators of the plot were all executed. The same year, Jin annexed the Kumul Khanate, known to the Chinese as Hami, finally pushing the Turkic speaking Muslims into open rebellion. Going back in time, after Zuo Zengtangs reconquest of Xinjiang in the 1870s, a few local principalities were permitted to survive on a semi-autonomous basis. Of these Kumul was the most important and was ruled by a royal family dating back to the Ming Dynasty and descended from the Chaghatay Khans. The Khanate of Kumul dominated the chief road from Xinjiang to China proper and was therefore of strategic importance to the Chinese. It extended from Iwanquan northwards to the Barkul Tagh and along the mountains to Bai and south to Xingxingxia along the Xinjiang-Gansu border. During the Xinhai Revolution of 1911, Maqsud Shah was sitting on the throne of Kumul. He was known to the Chinese as the Hami Wang, to his subjects as Khan Maqsud or Sultan Maqsud and to Europeans as the King of the Gobi. He was the last independent Khan of Central Asia as the rest were tossing their lot in with the progress of the times. During Yangs regime he was content with allowing Kumul to train its semi autonomous status, mostly because Maqsud Shah was very friendly towards the Chinese. He spoke Turkic with a marked Chinese accent and wore Chinese clothes. On the other hand he had a long whit beard and always wore a turban or Uyghur cap. He was a staunch Muslim ruling a petty oasis kingdom from an ancient and ramshackle palace in Kumul proper, one of three towns making up the capital of Kumul, known to the Chinese as Huicheng. He had a bodyguard consisting of 40 Chinese soldiers armed with mausers and had a Chinese garrison billeted in fortified Chinese town. The third city in his domain was known as New City or Xincheng, populated by a mix of Chinese and Turkic peoples. By 1928, shortly after the assassination of Yang, it was estimated Maqsud Shah ruled over roughly 25,000-30,000 Kumulliks. He was responsible for levying taxes, dispensing justice and so forth. His administration rested upon 21 Begs, 4 of whom were responsible for Kumul itself, 5 others over plains villages and the other 12 over mountain regions of Barkul and Karlik Tagh. Maqsud Shah also maintained a Uyghur militia who had a reputation as being better trained than its Chinese counterpart at Old City. Throughout Yangs regime, Kumul remained relatively peaceful and prosperous. Maqsud Shah paid a small annual tribute to Urumqi and in return the Xinjiang government paid him a formal subsidy of 1200 silver taels a year. Basically this was Yang paying for the Sultans compliance when it came to moving through his strategic Khanate. For the Uyghurs of Kumul, they were free from the typical persecution under Chinese officials. The only tax paid by citizens of Kumul was in livestock, generally sheep or goats, given annually to the Khan. The soil of the oasis was rich and well cultivated. Everything was pretty fine and dandy under Yang, but now was the time of Jin. In March of 1930, Maqsud Shah died of old age. His eldest son Nasir should have inherited the throne of Kumul, but Jin and his Han subordinates stationed in Kumul Old City had other plans. Shortly after Maqsud Shah's death, Nasir traveled to Urumqi, most likely to legitimize his rise upon the throne. Nasir was not very popular amongst his people, thus it seemed he needed Jin's aid to bolster him. However there also was the story that it was Jin who ordered Nasir to come to Urumqi to perform a formal submission. Now at the time of Maqsud Shah's death, Li Xizeng, a Han Chinese divisional commander stationed in Kumul suggested to Jin that the Khanate should be abolished and annexed officially. There was of course a great rationale for this, if Jin took control over Kumul it would offer increased revenue and new positions for his Han Chinese officials. Thus Jin ordered a resolution be drawn up by his ministers to abolish the Khanate, dividing Kumul into three separate administrative districts, Hami centered around the capital, I-ho and I-wu. When Nasir arrived in Urumqi he was given the new position of Senior Advisor to the provincial government, but forbidden to return to Kumul. Basically it was the age old government via hostage taking. Meanwhile another official named Yulbars was sent back to Kumul with a group of Chinese officials to set up the new administration.  While the people of Kumul had no love for Nasir and were taxed pretty heavily by his father, this did not mean that they wanted the Khanate to end. For the Turkic Muslims the Khanate held a religious significance. For Uyghurs there was a question of national pride associated with it. Of course there were economic issues. Within Xinjiang Han were allowed to settle, but in the Khanate there were restrictions. In the words of the Nanjing Wu Aichen on the situation “subject peoples obstinately prefer self-government to good government”. Well Jin's government was definitely not good, so what outcome does that give? The newly appointed Han administration upset the people of Kumul from the very minute of its installation. When it was announced the privilege of being except from direct taxation by Urumqi was to be abolished, ompf. To add insult to injury, one years arrears of taxes were to be collected from the Uyghurs. On top of that, Kumul was tossed wide open to Han settlers who were incentivized to settle by giving them a tax exemption for two years. Yeah that be some wild policies. To add even more misery, Kumul being situated on the chief road from northwestern Gansu to Xinjiang saw an enormous flow of refugees from famine and warfare going on in Gansu. A column of these refugees were seen by Berger Bohlin of the Sino-Swedish Expedition of 1931. His account is as follows “During my stay at Hua-hai-tze I witnessed a curious spectacle. The Chen-fan region had for a number of years been visited by failure of the crops and famine, and large numbers of people therefore emigrated to more prosperous tracts. Such an emigration-wave now passed Hua-hai-tze. It consisted of a caravan of 100 camels, transporting 150 persons with all their baggage to Sinkiang, where it was said that land was being thrown open”. It seemed to Bohlin that the refugees looked carefree and happy and that the ruler of Xinjiang, Jin Shujen, a Gansu man himself was enthusiastic to have them come settle his province. Jin had his official in charge of I-ho district Lung Xulin provide land for the would-be settlers coming from Gansu. Lung Xulin responded by forcing his Uyghur population to leave their cultivated land and simply handed it over to the refugees. The expropriated Uyghurs were compensated for their land by being given untilled lands on the fringe of the desert where most soil was barren. The Uyghurs were also assessed for their land tax based on their old holdings. To make this even worse hear this, untilled land was exempt from taxation for two years, so they didn't even get that, while the Gansu refugees were excused from tax payments for three years. So yeah the Kumul people quickly organized a petition and sent it to the yamen in Urumqi. There was zero acknowledgement from the yamen it was received and nothing was done to address the long list of grievances, especially from the Uyghurs. Instead the Gansu settlers kept flooding in and with them the price of food skyrocketed, largely because of the enormous amount of provincial troops sent in to watch over everybody. Now for the moment the Turkic speaking Muslims in the region remained relatively peaceful, and this perhaps lulled Jin into a false sense of security. But according to Sven Hedin of the Sino-Swedish Expedition “Discontent increased; the people clenched their teeth and bided their time; the atmosphere was tense and gloomy. Inflammable matter accumulated, and only a spark was needed to fire the powder magazine.”  I would like to take this time to remind you all that this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Please go subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry after that, give my personal channel a look over at The Pacific War Channel at Youtube, it would mean a lot to me. The history of Xinjiang is unbelievably bizarre, complicated and quite frankly really fun. Before researching this I had no idea about anything and am really enjoying this as I write it. The next episode is going to be on the Kumul Rebellion, so buckle up buckaroo. 

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This week… After a wisdom teeth removal, hunting trip, Thanksgiving and travel break, the degenerates are back! They call Andy to review all the missed WI sports news. The Bucks are playing for the Cup, the Badgers stay hot and cold while their football team is just cold. Then they dive into the Pack. Reviewing old predictions, making new predictions and so much more! Max is getting to Kärel level bad at spelling. Max took his anger out on the dart board and the fellas laughed through some would you rathers. Finally they ended things talking challenges. They fell off but they made a plan to regroup! Laughs, burps, beers, sports the fellas are back! But before any of that nonsense, they saved the best for first, with the Beer of the Week! During the BOW the fellas rate and review a new beer. They discuss the history of the brewery and examine what's in the beer they're drinking. Then, they break down the beer by its drinkability, the probability they'd drink it again, its chugability, and the can's attractability. Find out if 3 Floyds Brewing's Gumballhead passed the HUA test. Beer of the Week: 04:20 - 38:15 WI Sports w/ Andy O!: 38:25 - 01:55:15 Max v.s. The Dictionary: 01:56:15 - 02:04:00 Darts & WYRs: 02:06:05 - 02:24:40 Challenge Updates: 02:27:30 - END BOW: 3 Floyds Brewing, Gumballhead - American Wheat Ale Big shout out to the talented Adrian Pell! He created the intro and outro music for us. Check him out on IG: @AdrianPellMusic If you're listening on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, rate and review the show, it helps us out a lot! Check out and subscribe to our YouTube Channel! ⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRVYu7zopmxja1RsmVpOucQ/featur⁠ We're live on Twitch, check out our page! ⁠https://www.twitch.tv/holdusaccountable⁠ Find us on X: ⁠https://twitter.com/hua_pod?s=11&t=DqKX0s9j1XzF2xFF3dBlDA⁠ If you want to let us know what you think of the show, or have an idea for the show, you can DM us on Facebook or Instagram @HoldUsAccountable

Fluent Fiction - Mandarin Chinese: Wei's First Day: Triumph at Renmin Park Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.com/zh/episode/2024-11-27-23-34-02-zh Story Transcript:Zh: 成都是一个美丽的城市，尤其在秋天，公园里到处都是金色的叶子。En: Chengdu is a beautiful city, especially in autumn when the park is filled with golden leaves.Zh: 微风轻轻地吹过人民公园，把掉落的叶子轻轻卷起，带来一丝凉意。En: A gentle breeze sweeps through Renmin Park, delicately swirling the fallen leaves and bringing a hint of coolness.Zh: 微是一个年轻的职场新人，今天是他新工作的第一天。En: Wei is a young newcomer to the workplace, and today is his first day at his new job.Zh: 他既紧张又兴奋，希望能给经理华留下好印象。En: He is both nervous and excited, hoping to make a good impression on his manager, Hua.Zh: 人民公园的早晨热闹非凡，手里拿着热茶的游客聊天和轻松地笑声交织在一起。En: The morning at Renmin Park is bustling with activity, with tourists chatting and laughing with cups of hot tea in hand.Zh: 微走进公司办公室时，心里起伏不定。En: As Wei walks into the company office, his heart is unsettled.Zh: 他打起精神，大步走到自己的座位。En: He gathers his spirits and strides to his seat.Zh: 那是一个温馨的角落，窗外可以看到公园的景色。En: It's a cozy corner with a view of the park outside.Zh: 他的同事李非常友好，热情地欢迎他加入团队。En: His colleague, Li, is very friendly and warmly welcomes him to the team.Zh: 李给微倒了一杯热茶，微顿时觉得心里暖洋洋的。En: Li pours Wei a cup of hot tea, and immediately, he feels a warm sensation in his heart.Zh: 然而，他仍旧紧张，担心自己不能胜任新的工作任务。En: However, he remains nervous, worried that he might not be up to the new work tasks.Zh: 在工作的第一个小时，微感到压力越来越大。En: In the first hour of work, Wei feels the pressure mounting.Zh: 他面前的任务有些陌生，手忙脚乱时，纸上的数字似乎在跳舞。En: The tasks before him are somewhat unfamiliar, and in his flustered state, the numbers on paper seem to dance around.Zh: 微小声自言自语：“我该怎么办呢？”En: Wei mutters to himself, "What should I do?"Zh: 终于，微做了一个重要的决定。En: Finally, Wei makes an important decision.Zh: 他走到李的桌旁，把自尊心放在一边，礼貌地请教：“李，请问你能帮助我吗？”En: He walks over to Li's desk, sets aside his pride, and politely asks, "Could you help me, Li?"Zh: 李微笑着回答：“当然可以，别担心，我们一起解决。”En: Li smiles and replies, "Of course, don't worry, we'll solve it together."Zh: 李耐心地给微讲解工作流程，慢慢地，微开始放松下来。En: Li patiently explains the workflow to Wei, and gradually, Wei begins to relax.Zh: 不久之后，经理华走进办公室，宣布即将召开一个小型会议。En: Soon after, Manager Hua enters the office, announcing a small meeting will be held.Zh: 微突然意识到，他得为整个团队做一个介绍演讲。En: Wei suddenly realizes he has to give a presentation to the whole team.Zh: 他心跳加快，但想到李刚刚的帮助，他决定不是一个人孤军奋斗。En: His heart races, but remembering Li's recent help, he decides he will not face this challenge alone.Zh: 在会议开始时，微深吸一口气，站在团队面前。En: As the meeting begins, Wei takes a deep breath and stands before the team.Zh: 他的声音有些颤抖，但随着演讲的进行，他逐渐变得自信。En: His voice trembles a bit, but as the presentation progresses, he becomes more confident.Zh: 他条理清晰，落落大方，全场的目光都集中在他身上。En: He is clear and composed, with all eyes focused on him.Zh: 演讲结束时，华满意地点了点头，对微说：“很好，表现得不错。”En: At the end of the presentation, Hua nods approvingly and says to Wei, "Very good, well done."Zh: 微心中的一块大石头终于落地，他感到一阵轻松。En: A heavy weight is lifted from Wei's heart, and he feels a sense of relief.Zh: 当天结束后，微在楼梯间感慨地说：“谢谢，李。如果没有你的帮助，我可能会搞砸。”En: At the end of the day, Wei remarks in the stairwell, "Thank you, Li. If it weren't for your help, I might have messed up."Zh: 李拍拍他的肩膀：“没关系，我们是一个团队。”En: Li pats his shoulder, "No worries, we're a team."Zh: 微微笑着点头，感谢李的支持。En: Wei smiles and nods, grateful for Li's support.Zh: 这一天结束时，微不仅赢得了同事的认可，也对自己有了更多的信心。En: By the end of the day, Wei not only earned his colleagues' approval but also gained more confidence in himself.Zh: 第一天尽管艰难，但他知道只要有伙伴的帮助，没有什么挑战是无法克服的。En: Although the first day was challenging, he knows that with the help of partners, no challenge is insurmountable.Zh: 从此，微在公司里不仅努力，也学会了和同事合作，他将这个第一天视为一个坚实的起点。En: From then on, Wei worked hard at the company and also learned to collaborate with his colleagues, seeing this first day as a solid starting point.Zh: 未来充满了光明。En: The future is bright. Vocabulary Words:autumn: 秋天gentle: 轻轻地delicately: 轻轻newcomer: 新人nervous: 紧张impression: 印象bustling: 热闹非凡unsettled: 起伏不定cozy: 温馨的sensation: 感觉unfamiliar: 陌生flustered: 手忙脚乱mutter: 自言自语polite: 礼貌workflow: 工作流程relax: 放松announcement: 宣布presentation: 演讲tremble: 颤抖composed: 落落大方approval: 点头relief: 轻松remark: 感慨confidence: 信心challenge: 挑战insurmountable: 无法克服collaborate: 合作solid: 坚实starting point: 起点bright: 光明

This week… It's the original duo Max and Kärel holding down the Stu. Seamo is out in Montana hanging out with Kanye West learning how to produce a record. He's really taking their music challenge seriously. Max and Kärel ran into a few technical difficulties but they persevered! They called Andy O. to talk all things Wisconsin sports. Wisconsin Badger Basketball is under way and Andy previewed a big matchup with the 9th ranked Arizona Wildcats. Max is done with Fickell as the Badgers head football coach. Andy tried to talk him off the ledge as the number one ranked Oregon Ducks waddle into Camp Randall. The Milwaukee Bucks suck but Andy sees optimism. The Green Bay Packers are coming off of their bye and face the Chicago Bears at Soldier Field. The fells discussed how they hoped the Pack would respond coming off the loss and their break. They predicted scores, stats and what Lafleur will be wearing. Find out who's close, who's not and who cares way too much about what Lafleur wears. They ended things by talking about their challenge of the week - try a new restaurant, and the progress they're making with their instruments - Kärel harmonica, Max guitar. But before any of that nonsense, they saved the best for first, with the Beer of the Week! During the BOW the fellas rate and review a new beer. They discuss the history of the brewery and examine what's in the beer they're drinking. Then, they break down the beer by its drinkability, the probability they'd drink it again, its chugability, and the can's attractability. Find out if Garage Beer's Classic Beer passed the HUA test. Beer of the Week: 03:42 - 35:10 WI Sports w/ Andy O!: 36:35 - 02:35:00 COW & Challenge Talk: 02:35:30 - END BOW: Garage Beer, Classic COW: try a new restaurant.    HUA 169 drinking game: everytime we glitch, drink!  Big shout out to the talented Adrian Pell! He created the intro and outro music for us. Check him out on IG: @AdrianPellMusic If you're listening on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, rate and review the show, it helps us out a lot! Check out and subscribe to our YouTube Channel! ⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRVYu7zopmxja1RsmVpOucQ/featur⁠ We're live on Twitch, check out our page! ⁠https://www.twitch.tv/holdusaccountable⁠ Find us on X: ⁠https://twitter.com/hua_pod?s=11&t=DqKX0s9j1XzF2xFF3dBlDA⁠ If you want to let us know what you think of the show, or have an idea for the show, you can DM us on Facebook or Instagram @HoldUsAccountable

This week… The costumes came off but the degenerates were still Stu goof'n from the jump! Tune the world out for a bit and come hang out with the fellas. They're jamming out and taking on a musical challenge! Kärel's blowing the harmonica, Max is plucking the guitar, Seamo's producing and they'll all write the lyrics to their Challenge Talk segment. All of the WI sports teams looked out of tune and they called Andy O. to break it all down. The Badge got pounded, the Bucks look like doe, and the Packers got packed… hard. Max has almost sunk to Kärel's level of spelling. They shared the inspirational tunes and talked about how their musical challenges are going. They ended things shooting darts, answering listener advice questions, and gagging through Would You Rathers. But before any of that nonsense, they saved the best for first, with the Beer of the Week! During the BOW the fellas rate and review a new beer. They discuss the history of the brewery and examine what's in the beer they're drinking. Then, they break down the beer by its drinkability, the probability they'd drink it again, its chugability, and the can's attractability. Find out if the Hop Butcher For The World's Live From Chicago IPA passed the HUA test. Beer of the Week: 06:00 - 36:00 WI Sports w/ Andy O!: 36:46 - 02:00:00 Max v.s. The Dictionary: 02:02:10 - 02:10:35 COW & Challenge Updates: 02:10:40 - 02:40:30 Darts, Advice & WYRs: 02:40:50 - END BOW: Hop Butcher For The World, Live From Chicago IPA COW: find a song that inspires us to practice our instruments.    HUA 168 drinking game: every time someone says, “meat counter” drink!  Big shout out to the talented Adrian Pell! He created the intro and outro music for us. Check him out on IG: @AdrianPellMusic If you're listening on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, rate and review the show, it helps us out a lot! Check out and subscribe to our YouTube Channel! ⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRVYu7zopmxja1RsmVpOucQ/featur⁠ We're live on Twitch, check out our page! ⁠https://www.twitch.tv/holdusaccountable⁠ Find us on X: ⁠https://twitter.com/hua_pod?s=11&t=DqKX0s9j1XzF2xFF3dBlDA⁠ If you want to let us know what you think of the show, or have an idea for the show, you can DM us on Facebook or Instagram @HoldUsAccountable

This week… The fellas came dressed up ready for Halloween. They called Andy to discuss all things Wisconsin sports. The Bucks suck, will it get better? The Badgers lost to Penn State, will it get better? Nope! The Packers beat the Jags but it wasn't pretty. They look ahead to the Lions and make their predictions. Who's scoring, who's making the big plays, and what will Lafleur wear?! Max can't spell… They're still doing this? They each share their success story from Kärel's dart win challenge. Then they shot darts for the next COW. While shooting darts they laughed through would you rathers, answered listener questions, and updated on their music month challenge. But before any of that nonsense, they saved the best for first, with the Beer of the Week! During the BOW the fellas rate and review a new beer. They discuss the history of the brewery and examine what's in the beer they're drinking. Then, they break down the beer by its drinkability, the probability they'd drink it again, its chugability, and the can's attractability. Find out if the Stu fridge tricked or treated the HUA crew. Beer of the Week: 05:50 - 26:05 WI Sports w/ Andy O!: 27:33 - 02:03:40 Max v.s. The Dictionary: 02:04:50 - 02:10:15 COW: 02:12:50 - 02:31:40 Darts, WYRs, Advice & Challenge Talk: 02:33:30 - END BOW: trick or treats from the Stu fridge COW: research a story of how someone became successful. HUA 167 drinking game: any time Cal Naughton Jr. says, “nothin wrong with super.”  Big shout out to the talented Adrian Pell! He created the intro and outro music for us. Check him out on IG: @AdrianPellMusic If you're listening on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, rate and review the show, it helps us out a lot! Check out and subscribe to our YouTube Channel! ⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRVYu7zopmxja1RsmVpOucQ/featur⁠ We're live on Twitch, check out our page! ⁠https://www.twitch.tv/holdusaccountable⁠ Find us on X: ⁠https://twitter.com/hua_pod?s=11&t=DqKX0s9j1XzF2xFF3dBlDA⁠ If you want to let us know what you think of the show, or have an idea for the show, you can DM us on Facebook or Instagram @HoldUsAccountable

This week… Kärel's back! But Seamo is out… his gums hurt… I thought beer helped with that? Anyway it's Baldy and Stump holding down The Stu. The two degenerates called Andy O. to discuss all things WI Sports. Andy brought the fellas update on the Milwaukee Bucks. They talked WI Badgers and made predictions for the big game against Penn State. Then they talked Da Pack! They reviewed last week's nail biter against the Texans. Max and Kärel were at the game and stumbled into meeting the kicker McManus after the game! Thank god they didn't meet him on a plane. Then they made predictions for the Jags game. Who's scoring, who's rushing, who's the MVP, they predicted it all! You probably don't even need to watch the game. They shot darts and talked COW. They're doing a music challenge and talked about their progress. Max is on the guitar and sucks. Kärel's grabbing a harmonica and Seamo's producing! Jump on board now before they top the charts… Then they ended things by answering listener emails. They actually tried this week, but after a few beers the advice is… Well, uhh, they tried! But before any of that nonsense, they saved the best for first, with the Beer of the Week! During the BOW the fellas rate and review a new beer. They discuss the history of the brewery and examine what's in the beer they're drinking. Then, they break down the beer by its drinkability, the probability they'd drink it again, its chugability, and the can's attractability. Find out if Fox River Brewing Company's Green Bay Draft Day 2025 On The Clock IPA passed the HUA test. Beer of the Week: 06:35 - 30:15 WI Sports w/ Andy O!: 31:08 - 01:15:10 COW & Darts: 01:20:15 - 01:42:00 Challenge Talk: 01:42:10 - 02:07:45 Listener Emails: 02:09:00 - END BOW: Fox River Brewing Company, Green Bay Draft Day 2025 On The Clock IPA COW: Max picks out something new for Seamo to watch and Seamo picks out something new for Max to watch. Max watched Sword Art Online, Seamo watched The Why Files, The Moon is Hollow? Kärel was out but checked out a new pod! Big shout out to the talented Adrian Pell! He created the intro and outro music for us. Check him out on IG: @AdrianPellMusic If you're listening on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, rate and review the show, it helps us out a lot! Check out and subscribe to our YouTube Channel! ⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRVYu7zopmxja1RsmVpOucQ/featur⁠ We're live on Twitch, check out our page! ⁠https://www.twitch.tv/holdusaccountable⁠ Find us on X: ⁠https://twitter.com/hua_pod?s=11&t=DqKX0s9j1XzF2xFF3dBlDA⁠ If you want to let us know what you think of the show, or have an idea for the show, you can DM us on Facebook or Instagram @HoldUsAccountable

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This week… The fellas were back in the Stu but missing Kärel. Max and Seamus call Andy O. to talk all things WI sports. The Badgers are winning, the Bucks are revving up and the Packers are hunting a Lombardi's trophy. Andy filled in the degenerates on the Badgers next opponent, the Northwestern Brainyaks. They broke down the Packers defeathering of the Cardinals and looked ahead to the Packers upcoming opponent, the Houston Texans. They predicted scores, stats, and what Lafluer will be wearing! Who's scoring, who's creating turnovers, HUA predicts it all! Max almost called it perfectly... While throwing darts to determine the next weekly challenge, Max and Seam talk through weird WYRs and other thought provoking questions. Like, what would you trade your opposable thumbs for? Max stinks at spelling, yawn. Finally they ended this burp fest of a sode with Challenge Talk. They finally have a challenge set and are all systems go! But before any of that nonsense, they saved the best for first, with the Beer of the Week! During the BOW the fellas rate and review a new beer. They discuss the history of the brewery and examine what's in the beer they're drinking. Then, they break down the beer by its drinkability, the probability they'd drink it again, its chugability, and the can's attractability. Find out if Hop Valley Brewing Company's Pineapple Stash House IPA passed the HUA test. Beer of the Week: 06:15 - 38:35 WI Sports w/ Andy O!: 39:25 - 02:03:30 Max v.s. The Dictionary: 02:08:25 - 02:19:55 Darts & WYRs: 02:23:00 - 03:03:45 Challenge Talk: 03:03:50 - END BOW: Hop Valley Brewing Company, Pineapple Stash House IPA COW: watch da Pack, cheer for da Pack, drink for da Pack! Big shout out to the talented Adrian Pell! He created the intro and outro music for us. Check him out on IG: @AdrianPellMusic If you're listening on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, rate and review the show, it helps us out a lot! Check us out on YouTube and subscribe to our channel! ⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRVYu7zopmxja1RsmVpOucQ/featur⁠ We're live on Twitch, check out our page! ⁠https://www.twitch.tv/holdusaccountable⁠ Find us on Twitter: ⁠https://twitter.com/hua_pod?s=11&t=DqKX0s9j1XzF2xFF3dBlDA⁠ If you want to let us know what you think of the show, or have an idea for the show, you can DM us on Facebook or Instagram @HoldUsAccountable

This week… Max is on house arrest for a crime he did not commit! So the fellas moved The Stu to his home office closet. They called Andy O. to discuss all things Wisconsin Sports. Andy filled the degenerates in on the Badgers, and they looked ahead to the Badgers clash with the Rutgers Scarlet Knights. They reviewed last week's Packer beat down of the L.A. Rams and they discussed the Packers upcoming opponent, The Arizona Cardinals. They predicted scores, stats, and what Lafluer will be wearing! Who's scoring, who's creating turnovers, HUA predicts it all! No need to even watch the game. Max could use a metamorphosis into a good speller. They narrowed down group monthly challenge ideas, and they ended it answering listeners' life questions. HUA 164 Summary: Seamo brought his pet burrito, Kärel fought an online hater, Max found sponsors, and they all got ROASTED. But before any of that nonsense, they saved the best for first, with the Beer of the Week! During the BOW the fellas rate and review a new beer. They discuss the history of the brewery and examine what's in the beer they're drinking. Then, they break down the beer by its drinkability, the probability they'd drink it again, its chugability, and the can's attractability. Find out if Stillmank Brewing Co.'s Green Bay Draft Beer passed the HUA test. Beer of the Week: 07:10 - 42:50 WI Sports w/ Andy O!: 45:05 - 02:02:50 Max v.s. The Dictionary: 02:05:25 - 02:17:35 Challenge Talk: 02:20:38 - 02:43:35 Advice: 02:44:15 - END BOW: Stillmank Brewing Co., Green Bay Draft Beer - Honey Malt Lager COW: watch a TJ and the ANT podcast Big shout out to the talented Adrian Pell! He created the intro and outro music for us. Check him out on IG: @AdrianPellMusic If you're listening on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, rate and review the show, it helps us out a lot! Check us out on YouTube and subscribe to our channel! ⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRVYu7zopmxja1RsmVpOucQ/featur⁠ We're live on Twitch, check out our page! ⁠https://www.twitch.tv/holdusaccountable⁠ Find us on Twitter: ⁠https://twitter.com/hua_pod?s=11&t=DqKX0s9j1XzF2xFF3dBlDA⁠ If you want to let us know what you think of the show, or have an idea for the show, you can DM us on Facebook or Instagram @HoldUsAccountable

This week… Kärel's back! But Seamo's out… Seamo couldn't make it because he wasn't having his teeth pulled. Max and Kärel called Andy to break down the brutal loss to the hated ViQueens and they looked ahead to the showdown with the Rams. Meanwhile they live streamed the Brewers playoff loss to the Mets… Andy took it how any die hard would and we don't blame him. What a rough end to the season. The degenerates try to pull it together and talk challenges and give out drunk advice to the dummies that email the show. But, before any of that nonsense, they saved the best for first, with the Beer of the Week! During the BOW the fellas rate and review a new beer. They discuss the history of the brewery and examine what's in the beer they're drinking. Then, they break down the beer by its drinkability, the probability they'd drink it again, its chugability, and the can's attractability. Find out if Brooklyn Brewery's Summer Ale passed the HUA test. Beer of the Week: 08:40 - 35:30 WI Sports w/ Andy O!: 36:02 - 02:30:15 Challenge Talk: 02:34:50 - 02:56:30 Advice: 03:00:45 - END BOW: Brooklyn Brewery, Summer Ale COW: watch a TJ and the ANT podcast Big shout out to the talented Adrian Pell! He created the intro and outro music for us. Check him out on IG: @AdrianPellMusic If you're listening on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, rate and review the show, it helps us out a lot! Check us out on YouTube and subscribe to our channel! ⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRVYu7zopmxja1RsmVpOucQ/featur⁠ We're live on Twitch, check out our page! ⁠https://www.twitch.tv/holdusaccountable⁠ Find us on Twitter: ⁠https://twitter.com/hua_pod?s=11&t=DqKX0s9j1XzF2xFF3dBlDA⁠ If you want to let us know what you think of the show, or have an idea for the show, you can DM us on Facebook or Instagram @HoldUsAccountable

This week… Kärel is out trying to fight Parkinson's and find a cure for Favre! So Max and Seamo are back to ear baste you this week. They talked WI sports with Andy O! Badgers take on USC, Brewers won the division, they broke down the Packers throttling of the Titans, and they looked ahead to the ViQueens. They predicted the final score, and picked offensive and defensive MVPs. It's like Max is stuck in a labyrinth when he's trying to spell. They shot darts and laughed through some disturbing WYRs. They ended things with HUA advice! Listeners have sent in questions for the HUA crew and Max and Seamo took a swing to help some sorry souls. If you're seeking these degenerates help, RIP. But, before any of that nonsense, they saved the best for first, with the Beer of the Week! During the BOW the fellas rate and review a new beer. They discuss the history of the brewery and examine what's in the beer they're drinking. Then, they break down the beer by its drinkability, the probability they'd drink it again, its chugability, and the can's attractability. Find out if Stubborn Brothers Brewery's Drop Top Sour Radler passed the HUA test. Beer of the Week: 06:30 - 49:20 WI Sports w/ Andy O!: 50:04 - 01:40:35 HUA v.s The Dictionary: 01:47:17 - 01:56:10 COW: 01:56:40 - 01:59:30 Darts & WYRs: 02:00:45 - 02:36:15 Advice: 02:36:45 - END BOW: Stubborn Brothers Brewery, Drop Top Sour Radler COW: cook a meal for your girlfriend/wife Big shout out to the talented Adrian Pell! He created the intro and outro music for us. Check him out on IG: @AdrianPellMusic If you're listening on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, rate and review the show, it helps us out a lot! Check us out on YouTube and subscribe to our channel! ⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRVYu7zopmxja1RsmVpOucQ/featur⁠ We're live on Twitch, check out our page! ⁠https://www.twitch.tv/holdusaccountable⁠ Find us on Twitter: ⁠https://twitter.com/hua_pod?s=11&t=DqKX0s9j1XzF2xFF3dBlDA⁠ If you want to let us know what you think of the show, or have an idea for the show, you can DM us on Facebook or Instagram @HoldUsAccountable

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This week… Seamus makes his return! Kärel's still out nursing an injury. He's two weeks away. Max and Seamo dial up Andy to talk all things Brewers, Packers and Badgers! Andy talks about the Brewers division win, breaks down the Badgers dismantling, and previews Packers v.s. Titans. The fellas guessed a score and picked who they think will be the offensive and defensive MVPs. Good thing they're not gamblers. At this rate the only thing that'll save Max from the dictionary is Neurolink. Max and Seamo broke down the new snacks they tried. They shot darts and got into some WYRs. During WYRs they discovered a superpower to save the world, but it'll come at a cost! They ended the show talking about their challenges. They talked about progress or lack thereof, and what they want to accomplish in the next few weeks. They looked ahead to the future and thought about challenges to do as a group and personal challenges to do themselves. But, before any of that nonsense, they saved the best for first, with the Beer of the Week! During the BOW the fellas rate and review a new beer. They discuss the history of the brewery and examine what's in the beer they're drinking. Then, they break down the beer by its drinkability, the probability they'd drink it again, its chugability, and the can's attractability. Find out if Hacienda Beer Co.'s Everything Eventually Hazy IPA passed the HUA test. Beer of the Week: 07:00 - 40:35 WI Sports w/ Andy O!: 42:35 - 01:45:35 Dictionaries: 01:52:50 - 02:06:10 COW: 02:06:15 - 02:11:25 Darts & WYRs: 02:11:30 - 02:39:44 Odds & Ends: 02:39:50 - 02:44:40 Challenge Update: 02:44:50 - END BOW: Hacienda Beer Co., Everything Eventually Hazy IPA COW: New snacks & pickled eggs HUA 161 Drinking Game: every time they say “butt plug,” drink! Big shout out to the talented Adrian Pell! He created the intro and outro music for us. Check him out on IG: @AdrianPellMusic If you're listening on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, rate and review the show, it helps us out a lot! Check us out on YouTube and subscribe to our channel! ⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRVYu7zopmxja1RsmVpOucQ/featur⁠ We're live on Twitch, check out our page! ⁠https://www.twitch.tv/holdusaccountable⁠ Find us on Twitter: ⁠https://twitter.com/hua_pod?s=11&t=DqKX0s9j1XzF2xFF3dBlDA⁠ If you want to let us know what you think of the show, or have an idea for the show, you can DM us on Facebook or Instagram @HoldUsAccountable

This week… listen to a man talk to himself for 2 hours! It's just Baldy burping, swearing, and laughing in The Stu. He ranted about the Brewers cold streak, the Badgers dim chances, and the Packers rough start. He c;aimed Jaire was turned into toast, and made a good argument for it…  He looked ahead to the Colts game, and came up with a fool proof  game plan for Malik Willis. Finally he updated on the progress of his challenges. Lawn care, concrete, comedy, flowers, eggs and more! But, before any of that nonsense, he saved the best for first, with the Beer of the Week! During the BOW Max rates and reviews a new beer. He discusses the history of the brewery and examines what's in the beer they're drinking. Then, he breaks down the beer by its drinkability, the probability he'd drink it again, its chugability, and the can's attractability. Find out if the Gold Package Golden Ale by Badger State Brewing & Lakefront Brewery passed the HUA test. Beer of the Week: 10:50 - 47:10 WI Sports: 51:34 - 01:55:15 Challenge Update: 01:56:32 - END BOW: Gold Package Golden Ale, Badger State Brewing's Collab on the Coast with Lakefront Brewery  COW: try a new snack HUA 160 Drinking Game: drink every time Max says, “redo.” Big shout out to the talented Adrian Pell! He created the intro and outro music for us. Check him out on IG: @AdrianPellMusic If you're listening on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, rate and review the show, it helps us out a lot! Check us out on YouTube and subscribe to our channel! ⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRVYu7zopmxja1RsmVpOucQ/featur⁠ We're live on Twitch, check out our page! ⁠https://www.twitch.tv/holdusaccountable⁠ Find us on Twitter: ⁠https://twitter.com/hua_pod?s=11&t=DqKX0s9j1XzF2xFF3dBlDA⁠ If you want to let us know what you think of the show, or have an idea for the show, you can DM us on Facebook or Instagram @HoldUsAccountable

This week… The young buck Stump yells, burps and swears into the microphone one last time… before October. He's taking the month of September off and he goes out with a WWWHHAAAAAT?! A bang! They dialed up Andy to talk WI sports. They previewed the Badgers opening game, the Brew Crew are rolling, and the Pack are heading to Brazil! They shot darts and laughed through would you rathers. They discussed the progress of their challenges and how they'll progress. Finally they ended it with One Sentence Advice and they actually gave some pretty good advice this time! Even a blind squirrel finds a nut… But, before any of that nonsense, they saved the best for first, with the Beer of the Week! During the BOW the fellas rate and review a new beer. They discuss the history of the brewery and examine what's in the beer they're drinking. Then, they break down the beer by its drinkability, the probability they'd drink it again, its chugability, and the can's attractability. Find out if El Segundo Brewing Company's Steve Austin's Broken Skull American Lager passed the HUA test. Beer of the Week: 04:30 - 27:55 WI Sports w/ Andy O!: 30:10 - 01:55:00 Dictionaries: 02:00:58 - 02:08:10 Challenge of the Week: 02:08:20 - 02:16:30 Darts & WYRs: 02:17:15 - 02:34:30 Challenge Talk: 02:36:50 - 02:54:45 One Sentence Advice: 02:57:00 - END  BOW: El Segundo Brewing Company, Steve Austin's Broken Skull American Lager COW: Go for a walk somewhere new… Riveting Seamo… HUA 159 Drinking Game: every time they say WWWHHAAAAAT, take a drink! Big shout out to the talented Adrian Pell! He created the intro and outro music for us. Check him out on IG: @AdrianPellMusic If you're listening on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, rate and review the show, it helps us out a lot! Check us out on YouTube and subscribe to our channel! ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRVYu7zopmxja1RsmVpOucQ/featur⁠⁠ We're live on Twitch, check out our page! ⁠⁠https://www.twitch.tv/holdusaccountable⁠⁠ Find us on Twitter: ⁠⁠https://twitter.com/hua_pod?s=11&t=DqKX0s9j1XzF2xFF3dBlDA⁠⁠ If you want to let us know what you think of the show, or have an idea for the show, you can DM us on Facebook or Instagram @HoldUsAccountable

This week… Kärel, Max & Seamus are back burping, swearing and laughing! Maybe they should do a little more talking… They got Andy on the line to talk Brewers, Packers, and Hard Knocks. Max has an idiosyncrasy with spelling words right. They each had an Olympic medalist story for their dartboard challenge. They shot darts and talked through listener submitted Would You Rathers. The monthly challenges have been challenging, but they're coming along! Seamo's playing the guitar when he's not working but he's always working… Kärel's incorporating a new lift in every workout, he's just gotta get back to working out… Max's still working on his lawn, but still needs to buy everything... Then they finish it up with one sentence advice, if only they'd take their own advice! But, before any of that nonsense, they saved the best for first, with the Beer of the Week! During the BOW the fellas rate and review a new beer. They discuss the history of the brewery and examine what's in the beer they're drinking. Then, they break down the beer by its drinkability, the probability they'd drink it again, its chugability, and the can's attractability. Find out if Dogfish Head Craft Brewery's Seaquench Ale passed the HUA test. Beer of the Week: 04:00 - 36:20 WI Sports w/ Andy O!: 37:35 - 01:19:45 Dictionaries: 01:21:44 - 01:31:17 Challenge of the Week: 01:31:20 - 01:42:00 Darts & WYRs: 01:42:25 - 02:06:00 Challenge Talk: 02:06:05 - 02:50:50 One Sentence Advice: 02:51:02 - END  BOW: Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, Seaquench Ale COW: Favorite US Medalist HUA 158 Drinking Game: every time they say a version of squanch/squench, take a drink! Big shout out to the talented Adrian Pell! He created the intro and outro music for us. Check him out on IG: @AdrianPellMusic If you're listening on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, rate and review the show, it helps us out a lot! Check us out on YouTube and subscribe to our channel! ⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRVYu7zopmxja1RsmVpOucQ/featur⁠ We're live on Twitch, check out our page! ⁠https://www.twitch.tv/holdusaccountable⁠ Find us on Twitter: ⁠https://twitter.com/hua_pod?s=11&t=DqKX0s9j1XzF2xFF3dBlDA⁠ If you want to let us know what you think of the show, or have an idea for the show, you can DM us on Facebook or Instagram @HoldUsAccountable

This week… IS ONE OF GREATEST HUA EPISODES OF ALL TIME!!! It was a wild ride folks. ANDY O. is in the Stu! I repeat, ANDY O. is in the Stu! Kärel was yelling and smacking the microphone from the start and didn't stop! During WI Sports talk the fella's alter egos come out. It was a preseason preview of their alter egos, and what they'll be bringing to the table. Hopefully that bit doesn't last long fellas… Max tried spelling a word, but I think he'd have better luck studying the sun. They each reviewed a comedy special for the challenge of the week. They shot darts for the next COW and talked through some Would You Rathers. All in all it's an episode filled with laughs, swearing, yelling and burpingBut, before any of that nonsense, they saved the best for first, with the Beer of the Week! During the BOW the fellas rate and review a new beer. They discuss the history of the brewery and examine what's in the beer they're drinking. Then, they break down the beer by its drinkability, the probability they'd drink it again, its chugability, and the can's attractability. Find out if New Glarus Brewing Company's Watermelon Splash passed the HUA test. Beer of the Week: 06:27 - 36:05 WI Sports w/ Andy O!: 37:52 - 01:53:30 Dictionaries: 01:53:53 - 02:07:05 Challenge of the Week: 02:07:20 - 02:35:15 Darts & WYRs: 02:36:00 - END BOW: Glarus Brewing Company, Watermelon Splash COW: Watch a new standup special HUA 157 Drinking Game: Every time Kärel smacks the microphone, drink! Big shout out to the talented Adrian Pell! He created the intro and outro music for us. Check him out on IG: @AdrianPellMusic If you're listening on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, rate and review the show, it helps us out a lot! Check us out on YouTube and subscribe to our channel! ⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRVYu7zopmxja1RsmVpOucQ/featur⁠ We're live on Twitch, check out our page! ⁠https://www.twitch.tv/holdusaccountable⁠ Find us on Twitter: ⁠https://twitter.com/hua_pod?s=11&t=DqKX0s9j1XzF2xFF3dBlDA⁠ If you want to let us know what you think of the show, or have an idea for the show, you can DM us on Facebook or Instagram @HoldUsAccountable

durée : 00:09:55 - L'Invité(e) des Matins d'été - par : Julie Gacon - "Heaven and Hell", l'installation photographique de Vimala Pons et Nhu Xuan Hua, est exposée aux Rencontres Photographiques d'Arles jusqu'au 29 septembre 2024 à l'Église Saint Blaise. Cette installation multidimensionnelle met à l'honneur 9 portraits d'héroïnes, à la fois intimes et universelles. - invités : Vimala Pons Comédienne; Nhu Xuan Hua Artiste et photographe française

durée : 02:00:46 - Les Matins d'été - par : Julie Gacon - .

This week… The three goofy dudes are back! They talked about the time off, called Andy for WI sports updates, Max's brain is going to get gangrene spelling so bad, they threw darts, talked challenges and One Sentence Advice! Laughs, burps, swearing and so much more! But, before any of that nonsense, they saved the best for first, with the Beer of the Week! During the BOW the fellas rate and review a new beer. They discuss the history of the brewery and examine what's in the beer they're drinking. Then, they break down the beer by its drinkability, the probability they'd drink it again, its chugability, and the can's attractability. Find out if Marble Brewery's Alpha Acid Trip Citrus Sunshine IPA passed the HUA test. Beer of the Week: 06:00 - 39:35 HUA Ketchup: 39:39 - 01:09:05 WI Sports w/ Andy!: 01:10:10 - 02:30:55 Dictionaries: 02:33:00 - 02:37:20 Challenges: 02:37:35 - 03:03:15 One Sentence Advice: 03:25:20 - END  BOW: Marble Brewery, Alpha Acid Trip Citrus Sunshine IPA Big shout out to the talented Adrian Pell! He created the intro and outro music for us. Check him out on IG: @AdrianPellMusic If you're listening on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, rate and review the show, it helps us out a lot! Check us out on YouTube and subscribe to our channel! ⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRVYu7zopmxja1RsmVpOucQ/featur⁠ We're live on Twitch, check out our page! ⁠https://www.twitch.tv/holdusaccountable⁠ Find us on Twitter: ⁠https://twitter.com/hua_pod?s=11&t=DqKX0s9j1XzF2xFF3dBlDA⁠ If you want to let us know what you think of the show, or have an idea for the show, you can DM us on Facebook or Instagram @HoldUsAccountable

This week… Stump and Baldy freeze up, laugh, swear and belch their way through this one. Between the brews, nicotine, a missing IT man, and a roofing crisis Max struggles to keep this pod on the rails. Max and Kä dial up the beer slugging, hot dog crushing Andy to break down the Brewers slide, the Bucks offseason, and the lead up to Packers training camp. Max spells as well as Kärel. They find out listening to new pods is good for the soul, and Advice is back! Kärel's trying out new workouts and Max is pouring crete, oh how the tables have turned! But, before any of that nonsense, they saved the best for first, with the Beer of the Week! During the BOW the fellas rate and review a new beer. They discuss the history of the brewery and examine what's in the beer they're drinking. Then, they break down the beer by its drinkability, the probability they'd drink it again, its chugability, and the can's attractability. Find out if Belching Beaver Brewery's Tropical Terps IPA passed the HUA test. Beer of the Week: 07:25 - 46:10 WI Sports w/ Andy!: 50:08 - 02:09:45 Dictionaries: 02:11:25 - 02:19:25 Challenges: 02:21:30 - 02:54:20 Quick Advice: 02:56:23 - END  BOTW: Belching Beaver Brewery, Tropical Terps IPA COTW: New podcast report Big shout out to the talented Adrian Pell! He created the intro and outro music for us. Check him out on IG: @AdrianPellMusic If you're listening on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, rate and review the show, it helps us out a lot! Check us out on YouTube and subscribe to our channel! ⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRVYu7zopmxja1RsmVpOucQ/featur⁠ We're live on Twitch, check out our page! ⁠https://www.twitch.tv/holdusaccountable⁠ Find us on Twitter: ⁠https://twitter.com/hua_pod?s=11&t=DqKX0s9j1XzF2xFF3dBlDA⁠ If you want to let us know what you think of the show, or have an idea for the show, you can DM us on Facebook or Instagram @HoldUsAccountable

This week… The degenerates were goofing from the start. They're back from a damp, soggy camping trip. They tried to see the Dave Matthews Band at Alpine Valley but tornados almost killed them! Luckily the security at Alpine Valley had AK's, the nados didn't stand a chance! They dialed up Andy to break down the NBA Draft. What were the Bucks doing?! The Brewers are red hot and the Pack are eying up training camp. Max still can't spell. One of the degenerates became a back to back dart champ. Wild WYRs. Challenge updates. Laughs, jokes, burps,swearing and so much more! But, before any of that nonsense, they saved the best for first, with the Beer of the Week! During the BOW the fellas rate and review a new beer. They discuss the history of the brewery and examine what's in the beer they're drinking. Then, they break down the beer by its drinkability, the probability they'd drink it again, its chugability, and the can's attractability. Find out if Tivoli Brewing Company's Outlaw Mile Hi Light Beer passed the HUA test. Beer of the Week: 06:00 - 48:05 The Bing Bongs go Camping: 48:10 - 01:10:20 WI Sports w/ Andy!: 01:10:27 - 02:02:05 Dictionaries: 02:04:42 - 02:10:30 Darts & WYRs: 02:10:40 - 02:37:10 Challenges: 02:37:13 - END BOW: Tivoli Brewing Company, Outlaw Mile Hi Light Beer COW: New movies report Big shout out to the talented Adrian Pell! He created the intro and outro music for us. Check him out on IG: @AdrianPellMusic If you're listening on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, rate and review the show, it helps us out a lot! Check us out on YouTube and subscribe to our channel! ⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRVYu7zopmxja1RsmVpOucQ/featur⁠ We're live on Twitch, check out our page! ⁠https://www.twitch.tv/holdusaccountable⁠ Find us on Twitter: ⁠https://twitter.com/hua_pod?s=11&t=DqKX0s9j1XzF2xFF3dBlDA⁠ If you want to let us know what you think of the show, or have an idea for the show, you can DM us on Facebook or Instagram @HoldUsAccountable --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/max-hutchison/message

This week… Kärel made it back to the Stu! The degenerates were burping, swearing and laughing their way through this one. Andy jumped on to talk Wisco sports. Max needs a didactic spelling lesson. They talked through some NSFW WYRs while they shot darts. Then they ended things by talking about their challenges. Kärel couldn't kick flip and he's on to a new challenge. Seamo reshifts his guitar focus. Max is still attempting comedy. But, before any of that nonsense, they saved the best for first, with the Beer of the Week! During the BOW the fellas rate and review a new beer. They discuss the history of the brewery and examine what's in the beer they're drinking. Then, they break down the beer by its drinkability, the probability they'd drink it again, its chugability, and the can's attractability. Find out if Founders Brewing Company's Mortal Bloom Hazy IPA passed the HUA test. Beer of the Week: 05:00 - 40:20 Ketchup: 40:45 - 50:45 WI Sports w/ Andy!: 50:50 - 01:46:20 Dictionaries: 01:50:00 - 02:00:15 Darts & WYRs: 02:00:25 - 02:44:15 Challenges: 02:44:20 - END BOW: Founders Brewing Company, Mortal Bloom Hazy IPA COW: Design HUA merch & watch/listen to a new stand up comedy bit Big shout out to the talented Adrian Pell! He created the intro and outro music for us. Check him out on IG: @AdrianPellMusic If you're listening on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, rate and review the show, it helps us out a lot! Check us out on YouTube and subscribe to our channel! ⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRVYu7zopmxja1RsmVpOucQ/featur⁠ We're live on Twitch, check out our page! ⁠https://www.twitch.tv/holdusaccountable⁠ Find us on Twitter: ⁠https://twitter.com/hua_pod?s=11&t=DqKX0s9j1XzF2xFF3dBlDA⁠ If you want to let us know what you think of the show, or have an idea for the show, you can DM us on Facebook or Instagram @HoldUsAccountable --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/max-hutchison/message

This week… Seamo and Max held down the Stu while Kärel was out eating poop. They called Andy to discuss all things Wisco sports, and Max posed some brain twisting sports would you rathers. Max still can't spell. They threw darts and laughed through some more weird WYRs. Then they finish things off discussing their challenges. Max is working on lawn maintenance and comedy. He'll be at the Skyline Comedy Club June 12th and 19th! Seamus is still shredding, hitting licks and playing around with different sounds. All around good times in the Stu. Laughs, burps, swearing, jokes and so much more. But, before any of that nonsense, they saved the best for first, with the Beer of the Week! During the BOW the fellas rate and review a new beer. They discuss the history of the brewery and examine what's in the beer they're drinking. Then, they break down the beer by its drinkability, the probability they'd drink it again, its chugability, and the can's attractability. Find out if Potosi Brewing Company's Varsity Golden Ale passed the HUA test. Beer of the Week: 08:27 - 38:55 WI Sports w/ Andy!: 41:00 - 01:37:15 Dictionaries: 01:38:55 - 01:52:25 Darts & WYRs: 01:53:14 - 02:14:00 Challenges: 02:21:52 - END BOW: Potosi Brewing Company, Varsity Golden Ale Big shout out to the talented Adrian Pell! He created the intro and outro music for us. Check him out on IG: @AdrianPellMusic If you're listening on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, rate and review the show, it helps us out a lot! Check us out on YouTube and subscribe to our channel! ⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRVYu7zopmxja1RsmVpOucQ/featur⁠ We're live on Twitch, check out our page! ⁠https://www.twitch.tv/holdusaccountable⁠ Find us on Twitter: ⁠https://twitter.com/hua_pod?s=11&t=DqKX0s9j1XzF2xFF3dBlDA⁠ If you want to let us know what you think of the show, or have an idea for the show, you can DM us on Facebook or Instagram @HoldUsAccountable --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/max-hutchison/message

This week… The fellas are having salt with their beers. Max thought it'd be a good idea to bring smelling salts to the Stu. It was like watching cats eat catnip. They got Andy on the line to talk the serging Brewers, and to examine the rumors from the Packers week of OTAs. If Max ever spells a word right it'll be bacchanalian. They trew darts and discussed WYRs. Finally they ended the show talking about their challenges - lawn care/comedy, shredding the guitar, and kickflipping. But, before any of that nonsense, they saved the best for first, with the Beer of the Week! During the BOW the fellas rate and review a new beer. They discuss the history of the brewery and examine what's in the beer they're drinking. Then, they break down the beer by its drinkability, the probability they'd drink it again, its chugability, and the can's attractability. Find out if Fifth Ward Brewing's SunBeam Summer Ale passed the HUA test. Beer of the Week: 05:06 - 40:45 WI Sports: 41:38 - 01:41:30 Dictionaries: 01:44:10 - 01:53:05 Darts & WYRs: 01:56:24 - 02:11:25 Challenges: 02:12:00 - END BOW: Fifth Ward Brewing's SunBeam Summer Ale COW: Design a new Packer logo Big shout out to the talented Adrian Pell! He created the intro and outro music for us. Check him out on IG: @AdrianPellMusic If you're listening on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, rate and review the show, it helps us out a lot! Check us out on YouTube and subscribe to our channel! ⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRVYu7zopmxja1RsmVpOucQ/featur⁠ We're live on Twitch, check out our page! ⁠https://www.twitch.tv/holdusaccountable⁠ Find us on Twitter: ⁠https://twitter.com/hua_pod?s=11&t=DqKX0s9j1XzF2xFF3dBlDA⁠ If you want to let us know what you think of the show, or have an idea for the show, you can DM us on Facebook or Instagram @HoldUsAccountable --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/max-hutchison/message

Last time we spoke about the rise of Yuan Shikai, the outbreak of WW1 and the siege of Tsingtao. Yuan Shikai used every dirty little trick to seize and maintain his authority in the new republic. He forced the KMT's hand, prompting Dr. Sun Yat-sen to usher in a second revolution, but it ultimately failed as Yuan Shikai controlled the best army in China. Simultaneously world war one broke out and this placed China in an awkward position. Multiple nations held special territorial concessions in China and now they might bring the war to her borders. China protested as much as she could, but the Empire of Japan simply did not care when they came over to lay a siege against the Germans at Tsingtao. The siege of Tsingtao saw many historical firsts and was quite brutal. After all was said and done, China was served yet another humiliation, with many more to come.    #89 China's forgotten role during the Great War   Welcome to the Fall and Rise of China Podcast, I am your dutiful host Craig Watson. But, before we start I want to also remind you this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Perhaps you want to learn more about the history of Asia? Kings and Generals have an assortment of episodes on history of asia and much more  so go give them a look over on Youtube. So please subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry for some more history related content, over on my channel, the Pacific War Channel where I cover the history of China and Japan from the 19th century until the end of the Pacific War. Now this episode is actually going to be a bit of a side step from the chronological narrative so to say. China underwent an enormous amount of events during the course of WW1, most having to do with political relations towards the Empire of Japan. However, quite some time ago, on my personal channel, the pacific war channel, I tackled asia during WW1. I wrote a few episode looking at China, Japan, southeast asian nations, and something I found quite interesting is how China aided the Entente powers. People completely overlook this aspect of the Great War, but China and some of her southeast neighbors provided an incredible amount of manpower to both the western and eastern fronts. Stating that, I want to simply dabble into the specific subject of “what exactly did China do for the war effort?”. In the next episode we will jump into things like the twenty-one demands and the Treaty of Versailles. The declarations of war in Europe in late July and early August brought military conflicts immediately upon Chinese territory. On August 6th, 1914 China proclaimed her neutrality and prohibited the belligerents of WW1 from undertaking military operations upon Chinese soil. Now at the beginning it was sort of believed if not perceived the Great War was essentially a conflict between imperial powers, over their colonial possessions in a big game of world supremacy, thus China expected to remain neutral as a partially colonized country. Japan certainly did not care and began a siege against Tsingtao. China initially protested against the Japanese warfare upon her soil, but there was little Yuan Shikai could do about it. We wont get into here, but Japan certainly followed up her disrespect against China immediately after the siege of Tsingtao. Needless to say, China remained neutral for most of the war and this placed her in an interesting position. Now Yuan Shikai secretly offered British Minister John Jorden, 50,000 Chinese troops to help retake Tsingtao, but the British refused. The reason they refused was because of Japan. Japan refused to allow Chinese soldiers to fight in the war, because she was hoping to secure her authority as a powerhouse in the east. While Chinese citizens were not allowed by the Chinese government to participate in the fighting, this did not stop them from other actions Liang Shiyi was in charge of railways, the most profitable ministry within the government at the time and he had a grand idea. He called it “Yigong daibing” “laborers in the place of soldiers”. Now during the Ming and Qing dynasties, the idea of Chinese people going abroad to work was unprecedented. Both the Ming and Qing dynasties discouraged citizens from leaving the country and would persecute those who had. The Qing issued decrees banning emigration in 1717 and 1729, which would not be repealed until 1893. Thus when Liang Shiyi brought up the idea in 1915, it sort of showed how much China had changed in a short amount of time. He discussed his idea with Entente diplomats in early 1915. His original suggested to the British was to use military laborers, men who would carry guns, not be hired laborers. Now you might be asking, why do such a thing, what did China have to gain? If Britain accepted the proposal, it would mean China was fighting on the side of the Entente. But Britain turned Liang down in early 1915 and it is obvious as to why. Anyone who officially joined the war on either side, when the war was over would get a respected seat at the peace table, whereupon you could make demands. For a humiliated nation like China, seeing numerous global powers encroach upon her with unequal treaties, it was a no brainer getting a seat at that peace table might gain them what they wanted, to be rid of the unequal treaties, hell maybe even join the big boy club.  Having received the no from the British as one does, Liang went to the French. Now France from the offset of WW1 was in quite a panic and the idea of acquiring new human resources looked like an amazing idea. For France particularly in the summer of 1915, such an idea might be the decisive factor to win them the war. It also just so happened France was in the processing of securing new human resources from her vast colonial empire. If you want to hear more about French Indochina and Thailand's experience with WW1, please check out my specific episode on it, or my long format documentary on Asia during WW1 at the Pacific War Channel…or podbean I do have audio podcasts same channel name. Thus France began working with Chinese diplomats on the issue of recruit Chinese laborers. Come the summer of 1916, Britain's perspective had dramatically changed since 1915, as they were short on manpower.  Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig requested 21,000 laborers be recruited to fill Britain's manpower shortage. This was to be restricted to the Western Front, as the British home front held domestic labor unions who vigorously fought any attempt to bring Chinese workers to the isles. Beginning in August of 1916, Britain began its Chinese recruitment plan. Now China as I said would remain neutral for most of the war, so technically the Chinese laborers were hired on the basis of a written contract, ie: treated like a regular work force. Now I am going to start off with the western front, thus the Chinese laborers fell into two categories, the travailleurs and spécialistes, translated semi-skilled labor and skilled labor, not literal translations, but as I interpret it. Funny enough my job outside the podcast business has me coordinating semi-skilled educational programs for high school students so I certainly know a lot about this haha. To summarize, semi-skilled labor is a term today referring to basic common labor whereas skilled labor is more difficult requiring more education. You can make a son of comparisons, but I find this one makes sense to the most people: a semi-skilled laborer in the kitchen setting is a dishwasher, you can grab a new worker, show them the ropes rather quickly and let them work, whereas a skilled laborer is a line cook, it takes some culinary education or a lot of training until that person can do the job effectively. I also worked in the restaurant business for a long time haha.  So with France the general contracts were for 5 years, with the British it was 3 years. The Chinese laborers in France would legally be equal to their french counterparts. They would be allowed to celebrate both Chinese and French holidays with benefits paid about 5 francs per day. For the British the Chinese would work 10 hours a day, 7 days a week, paid one franc per day, while their families back in China received 10 Mexican dollars a month. Its difficult to estimate but a WW1 era franc probably can go for about 15 USD, so thats like 75$ per day for France, while for the British its 15$ a day + roughly 1100 USD a month. Now the laborers needed to be transported, fed, clothed and houses, and this was to be at the cost of France and Britain. Between 1916-1918 France recruited roughly 40,000 Chinese laborers, while Britain hired 100,000 who worked in France under their authority. When the United States joined the war, the American Expeditionary Force arranged to borrow 10,000 Chinese laborers from France to employ them under identical terms. The majority of the 140,000 Chinese laborers came from Shandong province. In 1916, the French government approached China asking to recruit its citizens for non-combatant use. A contract was agreed upon may 14th 1916 supplying 50,000 laborers who would make their way to Marseille in july of 1916. This was followed up by Britain's War Committee in London who formed the Chinese Labour corps, with its main recruiting base established in Weihaiwei on october 31st 1916. The first transport ship carried 1,088 laborers sailing from Weihaiwei on january 18th 1917. The journey took three months, each volunteer received an embarkment fee of 20 yuan, followed by 10 yuan a month paid to their families in China. By the end of the war this would account for roughly 2.2 billion dollars earned by Chinese laborers. As a result of the German submarine attacks, Britain needed a safe route and shipped 84,000 Chinese laborers through Canada. This was done in absolute secrecy as at the time Canada had the discriminatory Chinese Immigration Act of 1885 and Chinese Head Tax. Thus they boarded trains journeying 6000 kilometers from Vancouver to Montreal never leaving the train. As reported by the Halifax Herald in 1920 “They were herded like so much cattle in cars, forbidden to leave the train and guarded like criminals”. It was a grueling experience to be sure. China began to ship thousands of men to Britain, France and Russia. These non-combatants would repair tanks, assemble shells, transport supplies like munition, and dig trenches amongst many other things. Hundreds of Chinese students served as translators. It should be noted that the Chinese government and many intellectuals saw the overseas work as an enormous opportunity for Chinese youth to learn new technical skills and ingenuity which could be brought back to the homeland. The French and British military were the ones doing the recruiting, thus the majority would fall under military management and were organized into military type units commanded by officers. If they broke the rules, they could be court martialed and at least and at least 10 under British authority were executed during the war. It should be noted, during WW1 there were a lot of executions for numerous reasons, such as cowardice on the battlefield. Now the Chinese were promised they would not be working under fire, but more often than not they worked in close proximity to military zones, particularly under the British. Until China officially joined the war, the French kept their Chinese workers pretty far from the front lines. After China joined the war in 1917, the French began to assign Chinese to military zones more frequently. There were major differences between the French and British labor programs. The French mainly recruited through the mediation of Chinese contractors, while the British used their own agents. Also as you probably already noticed, the French offered better treatment than the British. For example the French paid higher wages and their labor laws were less restrictive, compared to that of the British labor corps. Now this was the early 20th century, racism was rampant, arguably more so for the British side, who notably locked their worker camps up with wire. The American expeditionary Forces apparently were the most racist, and this is not surprising as America certainly had more experience with Chinese labor. Between 1882-1943 Chinese laborers in American were discriminated against heavily, and the Americans in France had similar attitudes. Racism aside, there obviously were cultural differences, leading to misunderstandings and ignorance on both sides. It did not help that there was a lack of interpreters leading to managerial problems. Despite the racism, cultural misunderstandings and instances of mistreatment it has to be noted, Chinese laborers were a crucial component of the Entente war effort. The great war was a total war, it involved the frontlines and home front. The Chinese who came to France were youthful and strong men. They worked extremely hard, as I said 10 hour days, typically 7 days a week with some holidays.  By the end of the war and for a considerable amount of time afterwards, virtually all cranes in Dieppe, Havre, Rouen, Calais and Zeneghem were operated by Chinese. The French had a lot of praise for the Chinese laborers. General Ferdinand Foch said of them “Chinese laborers are first-class workers who could be made into excellent soldiers, capable of exemplary bearing under modern artillery fire.” H.R Wakefield of the British had this to say in a report “a splendid and versatile worker, inured to hardship and almost indifferent to the weather . ...It was certain that he would learn rapidly to cope with all the multitudinous kinds of work demanded by the huge British military organization overseas. ...Chinese [laborers] have a marvelous gift of imitation, and consequently they learn new and difficult tasks with great facility. ...[T]heir speed and endurance are phenomenal. Although the introduction of Chinese labor was a great experiment and there were some who shook their heads when it was first suggested…the experiment has succeeded, the doubters have become enthusiasts, the work accomplished has already been enormous, disputes and misunderstandings have been marvelously rare. The credit for this success can be equally shared by the British and Chinese”. It was said the Chinese work ethic impressed the British and French so much they became more welcoming to them compared to Indian and Egyptian workers. The British government began the repatriation of Chinese laborers in the fall of 1919 and this was completed on April 6th of 1920. The French repatriation program ended in March of 1922. By the end of the war, roughly 3000 Chinese laborers remained and settled down in France, including 1850 qualified men who signed new contracts to work for metallurgical industries. Other workers found employment in the mechanical or aeronautical sectors. Many of those who remained married French women. Two lived long enough to receive the French Legion of Honor in 1989. The Chinese under the British often found themselves working near battlefields and many did as a result. They were hit by bombardments and some Chinese workers even found themselves tossed into combat against German forces during emergencies. Tragically, after the war was over, there was a colossal amount of work needed for mine clearing and many Chinese would perish during this. By October of 1919, 50,000 Chinese laborers remained in the British camps as they were being evacuated roughly 15,000 per month. Nearly 2000 were buried in France. Many would not even make it to France. On february 17th, 1917 the French passenger ship SS Athos was sunk by the German U-boat SM U-65 off the coast of Malta. The ship was carrying 900 Chinese workers and 543 of them were killed. Roughly 3000 Chinese lost their lives in the Entente war effort in the west. The United States had recently severed diplomatic ties to Germany as a result of its unrestricted submarine warfare and pushed China to do the same. China severed diplomatic ties with Germany in March. The United States further advised China, that if they wished to be at the peace agreements China should declare war on Germany. China took the advice and declared war on the central powers on august 14th 1917.  Now this was all for the Chinese laborers in the western front, but the Chinese also did the same for the Russian empire. Like Britain and France, Russia's economy was collapsing as a result of WW1. The massive mobilizations and insane levels of casualties for the Russians forced the Tsarist government to procure labor by unconventional means. At first they began using women and POW's to compensate, but this quickly proved insufficient, so Russia turned to China. Now Russia had experience hiring Chinese labor since the 1890s, specifically for railway construction. It's more difficult to obtain information on the eastern laborers, but Chinese scholars estimate up to a possible 200,000 Chinese laborers worked in Russia. The system for Russia was nothing like France or Britain. Prior to WW1, private Russian companies and state projects using Chinese agents recruited workers within China, mostly in Shandong, Hebei and Manchuria. They contracted workers individually or in groups, who were given Russian visas and transportation by ship to Vladivostok or by train from Harbin. These laborers helped build the Trans-Siberian railway,  local urban infrastructure and agricultural work, playing a key role in the development of the Russian Far East. Thus when WW1 came around, Russia already had a system in place to hire workers. They worked in coal mines in the Donetsk region, cut timber in the Siberian Taiga, constructed railways in the polar zones of Northern Russia, carried ammunition and dug trenches in the eastern front.    Most of their recruitment was done in northeast China by the private companies like the Yicheng company, until 1916 when the Tsarist government tried to simplify things by placing control of recruiting under the Chinese Eastern Railway company in Harbin. The Chinese eastern railway company took care of all the administrative formalities such as performing medical examinations of workers, clothing them, provisioning them for the journey and placing them on guarded trains. And here is where the eastern workers differed rather dramatically from the western workers. Once in Russia, the Chinese workers were pretty much abandoned for a lack of better words. In the west, Chinese laborers worked under contract for the governments of Britain or France who managed them. In the east the Russian government did not manage them, it was private merchants. This meant many Chinese in the east did not receive adequate sheltering, clothing or food once in Russia. Conditions were extremely rough, the Chinese worked 10-11 hours a day, 7 days a week, living out of badly heated and overcrowded barracks. Sometimes they had no water supplies nor basic sanitation facilities. Many fell ill from the cold, lack of any medical care or food. Unlike with the French or British, Russian officers were not always assigned to overlook them, thus countless were just left on their own. Many of these laborers were employed to build a 1044 kilometer railway linking St-Petersburg to a new port in Murmansk. This meant they had to lay a line across frozen marches, lakes, rocky terrains and through countryside that was uninhabited and could supply nothing but timber. They worked in the cold, nights could reach 40 degree celsius. Many died due to extreme cold, lack of nutrition and disease. Because of the terrible conditions, Chinese laborers routinely protesting and performed violent riots. The Russians suppressed them very harshly, considering the incidents, mutiny's and a sort of sabotage of war related production. After receiving so many reports of mistreatment of their workers in Russia, the Chinese government demanded their own official representatives be allowed to accompany large groups of the workers in Russia to defend their labor rights. Russia refused to satisfy the demands, but did try to improve the working conditions. Unlike in the west where the Chinese laborers were strictly monitored and confined to specific areas, the Russians kind of dumped them everywhere. With so many Chinese scattered about Russia when the Russian government collapsed because of the Russian revolution, countless were stranded. Many Chinese laborers joined the Red Army or various guerilla groups during the Russian Civil War.  Many Chinese laborers truly sympathized with the Bolshevik cause, others simply joined the Red Army to survive. Those who did join the Red Army often did so for food or the opportunity to get back home as the revolution left many stranded. Ren Fuchen was China's first bolshevik and he was the commander of the Chinese Red Eagle Battalion. Estimates vary significantly, but it is estimated up to 40,000 Chinese laborers joined the red army fighting in multiple fronts like Poland, Belarus, Ukraine, the Caucasus, Volga and Siberia. They had no attachment to Russia or its places and thus were very useful as executioners and many were used as shock troops as no one expected to be attacked by Chinese. Their wartime experiences and cross-cultural exchanges with the Russians would play a critical role in shaping China's political trajectory during the interwar period. As we will discuss in greater detail in other episodes, the Bolsheviks sprang for the seed that would eventually create the CCP. It was during this cross cultural exchange in Russia that communism made its way to China, on the backs of the laborers coming home.  Thus this rather extraordinary story of Chinese departing their country to work or in some cases fight in the Western and Eastern front during WW1 was significant both for the history of China, but also global history. Working and fighting side by side with the Entente displayed China's determination to play a role in world affairs. Taking a step back, think about China's history until this point. Its more or less always been shutting out the world, rather than embracing it. When China was forced open under very brutal and tragic circumstances, it robbed her of being really able to join the world order. Despite being so ingrained in the global economy for so long, she was a very isolated state. It seemed to China, this was finally the moment she could rise to the occasion, change her fate as it were. China clearly signaled this to the world by her actions during the Great War. Also this was the first major time for her citizenry to really experience the west. It provided them with an opportunity to observe and learn from other civilizations, many students for example who went over would reflect on Chinese society. When they returned home, the brought with them new ideas and a strong desire for change. From the east this brought Marxist ideology, from the west it was various forms of democracy, capitalism, hell things we think of today as basic human rights.  Chinese laborers abroad came back to China forming a new national identity. There was also a large element of seeking experience and education. It was not simply the common class going out on their own, the Chinese Republic was pushing people specifically to go out into the world, receive education and vocational training to bring back to China. In something of a grand migration scheme the Republic hoped by sending some of their brightest students and technical laborers, they might manage something along the lines of what the Japanese did during the Meiji years. To give a more specific example, take the story of Li Shizeng. Li Shizeng was an intellectual, politician, and entrepreneur who went to study in France at the turn of the 20th century. He was very influential and helped translate many French books into Chinese. He advocated for dramatic reforms in China and was always pushing to have Chinese come into personal contact with the west, encouraging study and work abroad. In 1902 when he went to France for the first time alongside Wu Zhihui, they discussed the possibility of sending ordinary Chinese to Europe. For them the key to China's salvation was education in western nations. Sending students to the west as laborers was a perfect vehicle. Li Shizhens thought if a 1000 young Chinese workers traveled to France, they would make an enormous impact on Chinese society upon their return, imagine 140,000. In 1912 Li Shizhen alongside a group of other intellectuals, including a young Wang Jingwei formed the “Liu-Fa Jianxuhui” the Society for Frugal study in France. The major purpose of the society was to increase educational opportunities, to introduce Chinese to world civilizations, advanced learning and to develop a Chinese national economy.  When the Chinese laborers saw what a western country looked like, how their citizens worked and lived, it had a profound effect on them. One laborer named Fu Shengsan, explained the situation in an article titled “ Hua gong zai fa yu zhou guo de sun yi” “Chinese Laborers in France and Their Contribution to the Motherland”for the Chinese laborers weekly. He wrote that Chinese laborers did not really understand the relationship between an individual and their nation, or between a family and a nation, before coming to the west. After witnessing Europeans fighting for their country in WW1, it aroused a sense of nationalism and patriotism amongst the Chinese. Many came back home trying to explain this knowledge. Fu would write that the belief Westerners were superior to Chinese was false and that China just needed to become strong like them. All of this would drive China towards the May fourth movement, a watershed moment in Modern Chinese history, but that is a story for another day. I would like to take this time to remind you all that this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Please go subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry after that, give my personal channel a look over at The Pacific War Channel at Youtube, it would mean a lot to me. China underwent great hardship during the Great War, something I will be talking about in the next episode, but she also became a valued member of the Entente, and helped to win the war. Yet the experience of Chinese laborers would have a profound effect on the future of modern China, showing China's people they could rise to the occasion.