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In Zimbabwe, learning Chinese is a lucrative investment
22 Feb 2013Ni hao, Chinese for “hello,” or ting bu dong, meaning “I hear you, but I don’t understand,” are two expressions one often overhears today in Zimbabwe’s capital. It is one of the results of tenacious...
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