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Ben Macintyre pays a visit to Kingsford Community School - the only state school in Britain that has compulsory Mandarin Chinese lessons
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just abt 70 yrs ago there was a leather bound book found in the attic of the home where i lived,it was 3 inches thick and was a 10x12 inches big.
This home we were told was built in the 1890's
\The title...''BEWARE OF THE YELLOW RACE''
No one could get away with that title today!!!!!!!
JOHANN DOHMANN, EGF, USA/MN
A very useful piece of work.
Superb!
Daniel Wong, Sussex, England
Why do the makers and shakers seem to feel that Mandarin lessons should be compulsory just because the BRIC's especially China are becoming more economically powerful, almost as if the G7 countries will now implode and all trade will go China's way.
David D'Rane, Dorset, UK