A1 German News | Hong Kong Bookseller Who Defied China Dies

Learn with slow German news for A1 listening practice.In this episode: A Nasa-funded spacecraft launches to catch the falling Swift telescope and lift it back to a safer orbit. Also: Hong Kong bookseller Lam Wing-kee dies in Taipei after selling books critical of China and fleeing to Taiwan.Today’s German focus: fallen = to fall. Vocabulary: retten (to save or rescue), Angst haben (to be afraid), aufmachen (to open).Learn more from today’s episode with the full podcast transcript, English translation, vocabulary explanations, and extra learning materials: https://linguawire.com/episodes/german-a1-2026-07-04

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