BUILDING A BRIDGE

A Botswanan Sinologist shares his story of how he gave up studying computers in favor of a language, Liu Xiangrui reports.

When Gracious Masule introduces himself, he always remembers to mention his Chinese name "Ma Yinan" and his "Chinese hometown" - Changsha, the capital of Central China's Hunan province.

The Botswanan Sinologist, who is a Chinese language teacher at the University of Botswana, speaks fluent Chinese and has good understanding of Chinese society.