China’s on its Golden Week break, seven days of no work… but two need to be made up. Why is it like this and what is there to do? Would you dare go anywhere if you know 10,000 other people were doing the same? Tiananmen, the Great Wall, or even Hangzhou's West Lake will ALL be crowded.

On the AI bandwagon, and is it necessary? What are the tools being used these days and how can they help? Do you need to LEARN AI? How can you USE it? And who benefits most: students or teachers?

And how are Chinese classes going? With two courses due October 25, I gotta get a move on. It certainly is much easier to follow along but does that matter?

(And I cancelled my DuChinese membership!)

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Time stamps:

00:00 Introduction and Holiday Overview

02:47 National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival

04:43 China's Holiday Makeup Workdays

13:46 Travel and Tourism During Holidays

15:33 Experiencing Beijing During National Day

20:49 Tourist Attractions and Local Insights

23:22 Fireworks Regulations in Beijing

24:33 National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival Traditions

26:02 AI and Agentic Workflows

27:15 APIs and Model Context Protocols

31:13 AI in Education

41:07 Language Learning Update

44:53 Conclusion and Farewell