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A class at Caiming Mandarin Education Centre in Tangerang, Indonesia.

A class at Caiming Mandarin Education Centre in Tangerang, Indonesia.

ST PHOTO: LINDA YULISMAN

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Fifteen students at Caiming Mandarin Education Centre in Tangerang on the outskirts of Jakarta paid full attention to the teacher, Ms Herlina Kho, as she posed questions.

“Do you know what the teacher likes to eat?” she asked in Mandarin.

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