If you take a look at the subscription information, you may notice a few things have changed. There's a new product, and some prices have fallen as well.

Guided
ChinesePod Guided offers you everything that comes with a Premium subscription, plus a live voice evaluation of your language abilities with a trained Chinese teacher in Shanghai. That teacher will assess your Chinese level, then recommend some lessons from our massive archive, based on your level, your goals, and your interests. That teacher will continue to give you feedback and guidance throughout the month, and will also test you on what you learned at the end of the month. You don't ge tthe daily speaking practice that you get with the Executive subscription (formerly known as the Practice Plan), but you do get valuable guidance in your studies at a much more affordable price.

Price Changes
We have updated our pricing to be a bit more consistent, and, in several cases, more affordable as well. Please note that 6 month Premium subscriptions are now $11 cheaper, and the Executive subscription prices fell even more drastically.

Of course, you can find info about all this stuff on the Subscription Information page.

We just made a tiny little "upgrade" to all of our comments. It's now easy to link to individual comments in any lesson, user post, or group conversation.

Next to the username in each comment, you see this little icon:

That little word bubble is no longer just decoration! It links to the individual comment. Richt-click on it to copy the link, and then you can use that in your conversations or e-mails to refer to specific comments made.

I know, it's a tiny change, and we probably should have done it before, but sometimes tiny changes like this, especially in large quantities, make a big difference. More to come!

Is there any site for chinese news in an audio form. Maybe RSS or podcast? CCTV?