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Chinese Considered 'Language of the Future' for Young Ugandans(2019)
- underseacables 6y ago* according to the People's Republic of China
- NonEUCitizen 6y agoThe posted article is from VOA -- Voice of America. The "about" link from its website leads to: https://www.insidevoa.com/p/5831.html https://www.insidevoa.com/p/5831.html "VOA is part of the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), the government agency that oversees all non-military, U.S. international broadcasting. It is funded by the U.S. Congress."
- jelliclesfarm 6y agoI am aware of that. They are one of the oldest tax payer funded broadcaster in America. All sources are corroborated twice. My aunt worked for VOA in the 60s. I am aware that it’s intended audience is mostly non Americans and some consider it propaganda. I have never considered it so. My 2c. OMMV. This ..for example.. is from apnews : https://apnews.com/article/62ab13badad04dd7b38a69b69eac61d1 https://apnews.com/article/62ab13badad04dd7b38a69b69eac61d1 where they delve into China-Africa issues more than just learning Chinese languages in Uganda.
- rawgabbit 6y agoMandarin is almost impossible to learn with its tones. If you mispronounce a tone, you just said a different word. That and the crazy writing system where you need to memorize 3000+ characters to be able to read proficiently.
- jelliclesfarm 6y agoIt’s not impossible. Mandarin has four tones and Cantonese is more difficult with 8 tones. But over one billion people speak it. So..