[Podcast] Once banned, Mandarin learning in Indonesia on the rise amid improving ties with China

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Pantjoran PIK, a Chinese food street in Jakarta. Photo for The China Project by David Andreas.

Indonesia suspended diplomatic relations with the People’s Republic of China from 1967 to 1990 and restricted Chinese-language lessons and literature. But the two countries now have robust political and commercial connections, and large numbers of young Indonesians are learning Mandarin.

Click here to read the article by Randy Mulyanto.

Narrated by Sylvia Franke.

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