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Week #29: China's pet crisis 😭, Why you might've got the WPP scandal wrong 🤔, “Hermès of ice cream” melts🍦 | Following the yuan

I believe that the WPP investigation has more to do with Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption efforts than China targeting foreign corps, read more for why.

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Oct 24, 2023
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Hi hi, I've just wrapped up my 2nd week of Cantonese class and I'm feeling pretty confident about ordering dim sum—as long as the waitress speaks as slowly as the voice from Duolingo. 🥟

Interestingly, I've found Duolingo to be more adaptive than traditional textbooks. For instance, while I'm learning phrases like "What’s your number?" in class, Duolingo…

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