Since first taking Chinese classes in the late 80s I have read and accumulated a large collection of books on China.

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Chinese middle classes are not going to spend as much per capita as their North American counterparts, due to their higher savings rates, lack of social safety net and surplus of males relative to females.

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In 1991, Lin founded the Hua Shan Forum, a private educational institute offering free classes in the Chinese classics, Taoism, and Buddhism.

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Try to enroll in Mandarin classes before you go (Mandarin Chinese is the default language in almost every part of China), or try to teach yourself some of the basics -- the BBC website has a decent introduction to learning Chinese.

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Classes will be based on CEIBS' Chinese programmes, but with African-specific case studies also featuring.

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In 2007, he skipped afternoon classes at his school in Beijing and started an internship at the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences.

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Since most of these teachers have started their own classes around the island, Lin estimates that 50, 000 people are now learning the Chinese classics.

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