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July 1, 2009
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BYLINE: THANDIWE MTHETHWA

WESTVILLE BOYS' High School will be the first school in KwaZulu-Natal to offer a Chinese language teaching course, as of next year.

The Chinese consulate-gener-al, Lui Yantao, and the MEC of Education, Senzo Mchunu, signed a Memorandum Of Understanding to formalise the bilateral exchange yesterday.

The course will address the province's growing need to learn Chinese and increase business co-operation between South Africa and China.

"Through exchanges and co-operation an economy develops; and through understanding the world can march ahead to peace and harmony. China is willing to learn from the world, and ...

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