Deerawn, who more often does translation of fiction, discusses learning Chinese:

I thought doing the foreigner-in-China study program would be some straight bullshit. I pictured myself finger painting characters, dressed as a Qing eunuch, learning to write my new Chinese name. I thought it would be like that unless I did the HSK and started regular undergraduate Chinese courses, but, I was already done two years of an undergraduate degree and my image of studying Chinese literature at a Chinese university wasn’t exactly flattering.

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1. Kellen Parker

   February 10, 2010, 10:58 pm ^∞

   “Why does it seem to be completely taboo to teach a language like Wu, Hakka, Min?”

   Hear hear!

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