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I just began taking conversational Mandarin Chinese in preparation for my four month stint next year in China. Holy moley! What am I thinking?!
While it's not required that I have any knowledge of Mandarin Chinese for this trip, I thought it to be in my best interest to garner as much knowledge as possible. I'm revisiting that thought process.