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Every Wednesday and Friday, TechNode’s Briefing newsletter delivers a roundup of the most important news in China tech, straight to your inbox. Teaching Chinese using the technology of podcasting, ...

Some people may have doubts about the long-term prospects for podcasts, but Dubliner Ken Carroll is not among them. His site Chinesepod.com is one of the top five podcast sites worldwide: it has sent ...

Another way to learn Mandarin is via your iPod. Kate Chapman says you can download lessons, transcripts, exercises, even get one-on-one support and a personal tutor through Shanghai-based ChinesePod.

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Ken Carroll is challenging a basic tenet in the global economy: that we all need to learn Mandarin Chinese to ...