People from different parts of China, speak different dialects. Mandarin is the official language.
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  • Events

    Time: 10 am ¨C 3:00 pm
    Location: DC2-200

  • Exhibition on the evolution of Chinese characters by Prof. Fan Yuzhou of Nanjing University

          Time: 10 am ¨C 12:00 pm
          Location: DC2-200

  • Have your name written in Chinese calligraphy by Prof. Fan Yuzhou of Nanjing University
     

    • Time: 12:30 ¨C 2:00 pm
    North Lawn Conference Room A (2nd floor)

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  • Remarks by Under-Secretary General Kiyo Akasaka
  • Remarks by the Chinese Ambassador
  • Poetry reading by UN students of Chinese
  • Chinese songs by UN Singers
  • Book donation by publishers of China to the Chinese Book Club
  • Book donation by Council of Chinese Language International of the Ministry of Education of China to the Chinese Language Programme
  • Lecture by Prof. Fan Yuzhou on the origin of Chinese characters and their spread in ancient Central America.
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Chinese Language Programme