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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Confucius Classroom enlightens Canadian students on Chinese culture</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Chinese voices are increasingly being heard in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Coquitlam</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">British Columbia</st1:State></st1:place>, through the Confucius Classroom program where 450 local residents, young and old, are currently studying Mandarin at a conversation level.</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">On Tuesday in the <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Vancouver</st1:place></st1:City> suburb city, the program, which is funded by the Chinese government through the China National Office for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language (Hanban) took a major step when it unveiled a major acquisition sure to benefit thousands of Canadians for years to come.</P>
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