ChinesePod News (April 23, 2019)<br /><br />An American bitcoin trader and his girlfriend were accused of violating Thailand’s sovereignty by building and living in a “sea home” off the coast of Phuket. Officials said that the couple have threatened the country’s national security by promoting “seasteading” and consequentially could face the death penalty. <br /><br />NOTE: This video features SIMPLIFIED characters, which are used in Mainland China. For viewers studying the form of written Chinese used in Hong Kong and Taiwan (traditional), the traditional-character version of this story (alongside all others of ChinesePod Today) is available at https://youtu.be/PUMklZmHyFU<br /><br />This ChinesePod Today news broadcast includes the following vocabulary: <br /><br />威胁 to threaten<br />死刑 death penalty<br />侵犯 to violate<br />躲匿 to hide<br /><br />*Editor's note: there is a slip on the host's pronunciation of 主权 (correction: zhu3 quan2)<br /><br />Go to ChinesePod.com for more great lessons and videos!<br />===================================<br />Like this video? Sign-up today to make the most of ChinesePod.com's 4,000+ lesson library! <br /><br />LIKE US: https://www.facebook.com/chinesepod<br />TWEET US: https://twitter.com/chinesepod<br />DOUBLE-TAP US: https://instagram.com/chinesepodtv<br />SNAP US: https://www.snapchat.com/add/chinesepodtv<br />READ US: https://chinesepod.com/blog<br />LEARN WITH US: https://chinesepod.com/
