For teenager Cameron Persons, Chinese has character. "I love the characters," said Persons, 17, who enrolled in Mandarin 1 at Piedmont High School and is one of many Bay Area students now learning the ...

Last summer, Barbara Odom of Chanhassen looked at her daughter and considered two possibilities for the girl's first days in a Mandarin Chinese kindergarten class. One, Gabbi would love language ...

Durrell Laury was in line at Nordstrom with his mom when he heard a group of women behind him speaking Mandarin. The 5-year-old turned and said, "Ni hao (hello)," watching for their reaction. The ...

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