China Drive

China Drive is a radio show on China Radio International that generally talks about life in China in the English language. There are two versions of this program which have two sets of hosts depending on which one.

On Air Personalities

Morning Drive Hosts

• Yinan
• Mark Rybchuk

Afternoon Drive Hosts

• Trevor Metz
• Xiaohua

Format of the Program

• Business News
• Sports - generally about FIFA soccer ("football")
• Topic of the day
• Movie Review
• Song of the day (one in Chinese and one in English)
• Mr Science (weekly special)

Team of Reporters for China Drive

• Zhang Xiaoyu
• Ting
• Daizy
• Wangjing
• Simeng
• Su Xiaowei - Voices From Other Lands
• Zhoujing
• Jennifer Pak

History

The program was originally called "Real Time Beijing" and was originally only hosted by Trevor Metz and Xiaohua. The program format was not that different other than the name change made the focus of the program for all of China rather than just Beijing. As of early 2006, the program was then renamed "China Drive".

Interestingly, as of February 2007 the webcast of the morning edition still bears the code "rtb" ("Real Time Beijing") while the evening edition has the code "cd" ("China Drive").

Program Distribution

In China

• 87.9 FM in Shanghai
• 91.5 FM in Beijing
• 104.7 FM in Guangzhou

In the United States

• 1540 AM in Philadelphia
• 1120 AM in Washington, DC