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China’s role in BC Chinese classes: Mussolini or Sunzi?
When I first read Jonathan Zimmerman’s Christian Science Monitor op/ed Beware China’s role in US Chinese classes, I wondered if Canadians would react as he did. Jonathan, a Professor of Education and History at New York University attempted to draw parallels between the funding of Mandarin classes in the US by the Chinese Government and [...]
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Oh 加拿大! Bilingual today, trilingue demain?
Français, English, ä¸æ–‡? – the trilingual ATM of a major Canadian bank blinked at me. Back from Asia after a 12 year absence, I was impressed. No need to wait until 2020 after all. å…¨çƒæ±‰è¯ – Global Hànyǔ (Mandarin) had arrived in Canada’s largest city. 汉è¯çƒ, eh?
But is Global Hànyǔ [...]
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Learning Mandarin Chinese in Chile