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In a lecture room at the University of Dodoma's Confucius Institute in Tanzania, Tausi Iddi Nzimano, known by her Chinese name as Lin Shi, switches effortlessly between Mandarin and Swahili as she ...

I broke up with my very long-term girlfriend last December. Since then I've met a number of Chinese nationals who are very fun and sweet but know very little English, and I know virtually no Chinese.