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Learn Chinese with twins on TikTok

Austin and Ashley Soon want to help students ace the language with bite-size edutainment

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Twins Austin (left) and Ashley Soon teach Chinese idioms, do skits and interview students on the street for their TikTok account @chinese_hackers.

Twins Austin (left) and Ashley Soon teach Chinese idioms, do skits and interview students on the street for their TikTok account @chinese_hackers.

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These are things followers can learn from 25-year-old twins Austin and Ashley Soon on their TikTok account Chinese Hackers (@chinese_hackers). It offers bite-size Chinese edutainment content for primary school pupils and secondary school students and has garnered more than 100,000 followers.
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