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Never discount the resolve of the American spirit in the face of adversity — in this case, the determination to learn a little bit of Mandarin Chinese to make navigating the popular TikTok alternative ...

STEVE INSKEEP, BYLINE: When you travel in China - as our team has been doing - you meet a fair number of people who know English. Millions of Chinese citizens have been educated in the United States.

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The number of Americans learning Mandarin Chinese has declined precipitously, but one elementary school in Washington is seeing more demand for Chinese language education than ever. NPR’s Emily Feng ...