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 More on "Voices from Other
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 There are over 2650 languages in the world with
7000 dialects. Out of this, the Chinese language is ranked as
one of the four most time-demanding and difficult languages to
learn. But this challenge doesn't seem to be preventing people
all over the world from taking on the task. According to The
Economist magazine, there are currently some 30 million
foreigners studying the language.
This is good news for Fred Rao, the founder and CEO of
eChineseLearning.com, a video-based online Chinese teaching
website. With around 30 qualified Chinese teachers based in
Beijing, the company can provide one-to-one lessons to anyone
in the world with access to a computer and the internet. Rao
started eChineseLearning in 2006, after getting his MBA from
Stanford University and co-founding a Chinese social
networking site.
I caught up with Fred Rao at his office earlier this week
to talk about the growing global trend of learning Chinese and
the business behind eChineseLearning.
https://www.echineselearning.com/
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