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And when GG swung by for their end-of-term party recently, it was clear these kids are having fun learning not only the language but the rich culture and deep history of China. Of course, it

Evan Furlong 6JAN18

Evan Furlong 6JAN18
thanks, in part, to a weekly class up in Blacklion.
helps when part of that culture is making delicious Chinese dumplings.
As the Chinese language is set to become part of our Leaving Cert exams by 2022, and our Minister for Education, Richard Bruton, introduces new subsidies for teacher training courses in languages and science, it’s clear that quite a bit of this generation’s future is going to be made in China.
We’ll have more on February’s big Mandarin Chinese festival later this month – for now, we caught up with Evan to talk about the language, the culture and the craic behind the land of the ever-rising sun…