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Hundreds mark International Chinese Language Day in Beijing

People Daily 22 Apr 2025

More than 700 people, including diplomats from over 20 countries, gathered at Beijing Foreign Studies University on April 18 to mark International Chinese Language Day 2025 ... International Chinese Language Day, which originated from U.N.

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Agshin Aliyev: A journey shaped by stories

China Daily 22 Apr 2025

Two decades later, he is actually given the task of translating The Analects into Azerbaijani, his translated version being included in Foreign Languages Press's Library of Chinese Classics series.

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Cannes releases dual posters of Anouk Aimée, Jean-Louis Trintignant from Claude Lelouch’s ‘A Man And A Woman’

Screen Daily 22 Apr 2025

A Man and a Woman. Side by side. Back together,” said the festival ... It went on to receive Golden Globes for best foreign-language film and actress in a drama for Aimée, and Oscars for best foreign-language film and original screenplay ... .

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Local university debuts Vietnamese culture education for foreigners

Vietnam News 22 Apr 2025

The Vietnamese comprehensive culture programme, in English, will include two semesters to develop Vietnamese language proficiency and provide foreigners with knowledge about Vietnamese geography, history, art and socio-economics.

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#ByInvitation: ‘It's not about snatching phones away – it's about pulling kids closer’

The Times of India 22 Apr 2025

... young people to gravitate toward Western or East Asian pop culture; admiring K dramas, idolising foreign brands – while overlooking the richness of India’s own languages, art forms, and traditions.

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‘The Wedding Banquet’ excels in portraying vulnerability, despite cliche delivery

The Brown Daily Herald 22 Apr 2025

In 1993, Taiwanese director Ang Lee released “The Wedding Banquet” — a major hit among both critics and audiences that received numerous accolades, including a nomination for Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards ... ADVERTISEMENT ... ....

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The ‘5 things’ emails are going by the wayside as Musk readies his exit

NewstalkZB 22 Apr 2025

Many federal workers who still answer the message are either churning out lightly modified versions of the boilerplate each week – or treating the whole thing as a joke, such as by submitting replies in a foreign language ... Photo / Getty Images ... .

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UN Chinese Language Day celebrated in Yemen's Aden

China.dot.org 21 Apr 2025

Chinese language classes began at the faculty in the second half of 2024, according to Dean Jamal Al-Jaadani ... For many young Yemenis in the impoverished nation, learning foreign languages represents a pathway to improved employment prospects.

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2-credit classes to spice up your fall schedule

Washington Square News 21 Apr 2025

While most two-credit language courses have extensive prerequisites, these courses are great options for students who want to continue exercising their foreign language muscles.

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Kirill Kravtsov: Literature helps us connect

China Daily 21 Apr 2025

After coming to China, Chinese literature opened new perspectives for him ... "Reading in a foreign language not only strengthens my language skills, but also allows me to reexamine the meaning of fate and life through a Chinese perspective," he adds.

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Senior living: Immigration crackdowns disrupt the caregiving industry. Families pay the price

San Gabriel Valley Tribune 21 Apr 2025

And foreign-born workers make up a high share of other direct care providers ... Many older and disabled immigrants who are permanent residents rely on foreign-born caregivers who speak their native language and know their customs.

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Federal Workers Ignore Elon Musk’s ‘5 Things’ Emails

Political Wire 21 Apr 2025

... versions of the boilerplate each week — or treating the whole thing as a joke, such as by submitting replies in a foreign language.” Save to Favorites .

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Reading puts the world at your feet

China Daily 21 Apr 2025

Qu encourages the university students to read foreign works in their original languages as a good way to cross cultural barriers, better understand different cultures and learn mutually from each other.

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The weight of ordinary existence: Ayşegül Savaş’s The Anthropologists

Bianet 21 Apr 2025

The protagonists of the novel, Asya and Manu, are a young married couple, newly graduated from university, with no shared language or homeland. In an unnamed foreign city, (though likely somewhere in ...

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New Oscars Rule: If You Don’t See All the Nominated Films, You Can’t Vote

The Wrap 21 Apr 2025

The biggest exception was in the Best Foreign-Language Film (now Best International Feature Film) and Best Documentary Feature categories, where for years the only members who could cast votes were ...

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