The move to Beijing brings a cyberpunk short film shot on the fly, a wrong turn into China's most notorious hostess bar, and a late-night police raid that ends the expat honeymoon phase fast. Episode 4 of The Long Kiss Goodbye dives into early-2000s Beijing nightlife before the Olympic makeover.

This memoir podcast episode covers underground filmmaking, DVD piracy culture, and the strange, fast education of learning how Beijing really works after dark.

Features: Beijing expat nightlife in the early 2000s, underground short filmmaking in China, DVD piracy and the MPAA in China, Beijing's notorious hostess bar scene, and an expat run-in with the police.