Matt Chen: A Chinese Time In My Life

About this episode

Matt Chen discusses his journey as a Chinese American entrepreneur and his decision to move to China to reconnect with his heritage.

Matt Chen is a Chinese American entrepreneur, social media content creator, and builder of Daily Hanzi, an app helping people learn to read Chinese.  Currently at 24 years old he’s decided to ditch his aerospace engineering degree and restart his life by moving to China.  Focused on bridging East and West through content about language, culture and identity he hopes to reconnect with his Asian heritage while improving his own Chinese literacy, finding a different path for himself in a new world.  Today, we talk about Matt’s experience growing up in the US as an ABC and compare it to our own experience from an older generation.  We talk about his choice to move to China just ten months ago, his revelation during a job interview with a US defense contractor, and what’s behind the “A Very Chinese Time In My Life” trend happening in America.  We also talk about the broad anxiety amongst his younger generation, finding purpose, and balancing digital and analog life.   Happy Chinese New Year! Don't forget to leave a rating and subscribe! 节目文字版 (Transcript)加微信: THD_Official Add us on WeChat: THD_Official 小红书: THD The Honest Drink Email…

People in this episode

Host: The Honest Drink

Guest: Matt Chen

Topics covered

• Chinese American experience
• cultural identity
• language learning
• entrepreneurship
• generational differences
• digital vs analog life

Keywords

• Chinese American
• entrepreneur
• language learning
• cultural identity
• Daily Hanzi
• generational differences
• Chinese New Year

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Daily Hanzi

Places: China, US, America

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