Letter

Don't be afraid to learn Chinese

Earlier this month, the Los Angeles Times reported that a dispute had arisen because a program of Chinese classes is being funded by the Chinese government.

At the Los Angeles elementary school which adopted the program, a former school superintendent worried that the program was "a propaganda machine from the People's Republic of China that has no place anywhere in the United States". A former television personality who hosted a children's show and opposes the teaching of Chinese said that "doctrine will be part of the program."