If you're looking for some great video content to test your Chinese listening skills...

Try this: the video which made Zhang Xuefeng (张雪峰) famous back in 2016.

"China's top 34 universities in 7 minutes" (7分钟解读34所高校)

Zhang speaks at high speed in a strong northern Chinese accent.

He takes an incredibly boring and confusing subject and turns it into a highly watchable and entertaining series of gags about China's top unis.

We wrote about Zhang in this week's RealTime Mandarin — he sadly passed away at the young age of 41...

Have a watch: