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Analysis: Mandarin Chinese classes are growing more popular with US students
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RENEE MONTAGNE
Morning Edition (NPR)
05-03-2005
Analysis: Mandarin Chinese classes are growing more popular with US students
Host: RENEE MONTAGNE
Time: 11:00 AM-12:00 Noon
RENEE MONTAGNE, host:
More than one billion people count Mandarin as their native language. This sheer numerical dominance, plus the fact that China has the world's fastest-growing economy, has made Mandarin Chinese attractive as a foreign language for more American students. Tara Siler reports from Oakland.
Unidentified Woman #1: (Mandarin spoken)
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