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| Title | News Article: Startalk Funds Intensive Chinese Studies in California |
| Body | From http://www.latimes.com/news/education/la-me-chinese20jul20,1,7670201.story?coll=la-news-learning&ctrack=3&cset=true At this Irvine school, that sound you hear is Chinese: Startalk, a national security program to develop Chinese and Arabic speakers, is being tested at the nation's largest Chinese cultural center. By David Kelly, Times Staff Writer July 20, 2007 A national security effort is underway to create more Chinese and Arabic speakers, and the Irvine Chinese School is a focus of that effort. The school, at the newly opened, $12-million, 44,000-square-foot South Coast Chinese Cultural Center, is the country's largest site for the Startalk program. Funded by the Department of Defense and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Startalk aims to lure students into learning languages deemed critical to national security and the economy. Read the entire article at http://tinyurl.com/yrwcrn . |
| Source | Los Angeles Times |
| Inputdate | 2007-07-29 06:31:31 |
| Lastmodifieddate | 2007-07-29 06:31:31 |
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| Publishdate | 2007-07-30 00:00:00 |
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