{"id":19463,"date":"2024-11-04T15:02:18","date_gmt":"2024-11-04T14:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/?p=19463"},"modified":"2024-11-04T18:45:26","modified_gmt":"2024-11-04T17:45:26","slug":"student-qa-november-2024-pros-and-cons-of-digital-tools-for-chinese-reading-and-the-struggle-to-find-comprehensible-and-interesting-texts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/student-qa-november-2024-pros-and-cons-of-digital-tools-for-chinese-reading-and-the-struggle-to-find-comprehensible-and-interesting-texts\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Q&#038;A, November 2024: Pros and cons of digital tools for Chinese reading, and the struggle to find comprehensible and interesting texts"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/student-qa-november-2024-pros-and-cons-of-digital-tools-for-chinese-reading-and-the-struggle-to-find-comprehensible-and-interesting-texts\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-19464 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/10-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/10-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/10-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/10-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/10.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>This week\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hackingchinese.com\/podcast\/\">podcast<\/a> episode is a reader and listener Q&amp;A, where I answer three questions about reading in Chinese. 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