Claims Mastery of Chinese Tongue in Eight Hours
(Australian and X.Z. Press Association) Received 11 a.m. SHANGHAI, Sunday. CLAIMING that he possesses a >ystem enabling mastery of the Chinese language in eight hours, M. Barbeau, a pupil of M. Jean Confida, the famous Paris language-teacher, has arrived at Shanghai, prepared to demonstrate his system. The majority of foreigners have received M. Barbeau’s startling declaration with amusement and scepticism, many recalling their own slight knowledge of the simplest dialect after close study for many years. M. Barbeau’s achievements will be watched with close interest.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 609, 11 March 1929, Page 9
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93Claims Mastery of Chinese Tongue in Eight Hours Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 609, 11 March 1929, Page 9
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