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/ 7 December 2005
Nushu, the secret women’s script of the Yao minority in China, was widely declared extinct last year, when its most famous user, Yang Huangyi died aged 92. But obituaries for the world’s only gender-specific language appear to have been premature.
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/ 10 September 2004
For more than a week after the closing ceremony in Athens the Olympic party was still going strong in China. Celebrations for the country’s record-breaking medal haul were in full swing, with athletes singing karaoke on triumphant TV specials, political leaders proclaiming a new era of national self-confidence and companies lining up for endorsements from a new generation of national heroes.
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/ 4 December 1998
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Johannesburg | Friday 2.30pm. MATRICULATION students whose mother tongue is an African language will have their examination results adjusted upwards to compensate for their having to write exams in a second language, the South African Certification Board said on Friday. SACB spokesperson Fred Calitz said the new policy comes as a result of […]