https://www.scmp.com/rss/516839/feed Audrey Wan is a final-year communication studies student at the Nanyang Technological University’s Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information in Singapore. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Red lanterns frame the entrance to a spacious classroom. Two students stand at the front of the class, exchanging greetings of ni hao and ni de ming zi shi shen me? – Mandarin for “hello” and “what is your name?”. They gesture at a chalkboard filled with neat rows of Chinese characters. This is a classroom in Kigali, Rwanda, where students gather every Thursday evening to learn to speak and write Chinese. It is one of four lessons offered weekly by the Confucius Institute, a China-backed... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3237105/mandarin-learning-takes-rwanda-boost-job-prospects-its-best-commercial-language?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3237105/mandarin-learning-takes-rwanda-boost-job-prospects-its-best-commercial-language?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 07 Oct 2023 03:30:13 +0000