The China in Africa Podcast cover image

Reporting Tips for African Journalists Covering China

The China in Africa Podcast

00:00

The Importance of Fluency in Mandarin

There's these ongoing debates in the China space about how important it is for people to be fluent in Mandarin when they're Chinese watches. Kaiser: I don't think it's important for necessarily for the reason that these people say it is, which is that you get some kind of magic ticket where you just fully comprehend what's going on in China. He says language learning brings you face to face with how different Chinese is as a language.

Transcript
Play full episode

The AI-powered Podcast Player

Save insights by tapping your headphones, chat with episodes, discover the best highlights - and more!
App store bannerPlay store banner
Get the app