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NTNU Mandarin Training Center

國立臺灣師範大學 National Taiwan Normal University, Shi-Da, founded the Mandarin Training Center in 1956 for the study of Mandarin Chinese by foreign students.
The Mandarin Training Center represents one of the world’s oldest and most distinguished programs for language study, attracting more than a thousand students from over sixty countries to Taiwan each year and making the [...]

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Taiwan donates scholarships to Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic is one of the 23 nations, including the Vatican City, that maintain diplomatic relations with Taiwan.

Taiwanese Ambassador to the DR, Isaac Tsai, will donate US$1 million to the Ministry of Higher Education (SEESCYT) on behalf of his country. The funds will be used to help Dominican university students. The Taiwanese Embassy announced that [...]

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Rotary International Youth Program limits interaction with Taiwanese

The Rotary International Youth Program allows thousands of teenagers world wide to attend a year long exchange program in the country of their choice.

Mads Meoller, the Danish student, made some interesting comments regarding the,

written agreement between the exchange students and the organizers of the program that discouraged them from learning about Taiwanese politics, and matters concerning the weaker or stronger sex, which limited their interaction with their Taiwanese counterparts. “It was a fight to learn about culture,” he observed…..having restrictions like these does seem to be a contradiction in terms.

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Studying Mandarin at Shida

Blogger Shu Flies is a Mandarin Scholarship student at the National Taiwan Normal University’s (Shida) Mandarin Training Center. Located in Taipei, Shida is the place were most foreigners end up learning Mandarin.

Shu Flies has written about her experience at Shida:

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MDBG free online Chinese-English dictionary

The creators of MDBG free online Chinese-English dictionary say it’s “the no. 1 Chinese study aid!”
I completely agree with that statement. I’ve been using it for about 3 months and now find it indispensable. You can search effortlessly with Chinese, Pinyin or English.

“This website offers more than just a dictionary, it offers various tools such [...]

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Chinese lyrics with English, pinyin & videos….

DirtyAmp is a great blog dedicated to providing Mando pop lyrics in Chinese (traditional), English and Pinyin. The site currently offers 18 songs form 12 artists.

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