June 20, 2025· 47 min

Zichen Wang's Exit Interview From America

Zichen Wang

Orality

Model

88%

Highly oral (epic poetry, sermons, hip-hop)

Speaker Breakdown

HostJoe Weisenthal(1,002 words)

M:29%

HostTracy Alloway(2,015 words)

M:28%

GuestZichen Wang(4,646 words)

M:28%

Oral Indicators

Agonistic41%

obviously, very, absolutely

Engagement66%

you, our, your

Memory Aids100%

listen, so, like

Repetition100%

know (93x), chinese (83x), china (77x)

Parallelism81%

So have you heard the story ab..., So switch to Verizon Business,..., And I'm Tracy Alloway....

Sound Patterns49%

43 question(s), alliteration: "markets move", alliteration: "barclays brief"

Formulaic Phrases2%

i mean

Literate Indicators

Hedging6%

could, perhaps, quite

Passive Voice7%

be noted, was reported, was initiated

Abstract Nouns24%

investment, prescription, medication

Subordination7%

because, since, although

Sentence Length42%

Avg: 15.5 words/sentence

Word Complexity52%

investment, analyze, anticipate

Academic Markers3%

according to

Impersonal Style34%

589 personal pronouns found

Descriptive Style88%

automatically, family, apply

Description

Zichen Wang is the writer of the Pekingnology newsletter, which translates important speeches and articles from China into English, and contextualizes them for Western readers. Over the past year, he's been a master's degree student at Princeton University, although he's recently returned home to resume his career at a think tank in China. His stint in the US obviously came at a very interesting time, both due to the rising US-China tensions, and also the growing restrictions on Chinese students in the US. So before making his trip back home he joined us for another episode of Odd Lots. We discussed his experience here in America, his assessment of the state of US-China relations, and what his message will be upon his return to China. Only Bloomberg.com subscribers can get the Odd Lots newsletter in their inbox — now delivered every weekday — plus unlimited access to the site and app. Subscribe at bloomberg.com/subscriptions/oddlots See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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