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Chinese and Sinophone Studies
26 February 2026
Chinese offers UC students a language and culture stream. The language stream includes courses at all levels and a course on Business Chinese. Check out UC's Chinese and Sinophone Studies programme.
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Chinese and Sinophone Studies offers a language stream and a culture stream, and students are encouraged to study both. The language stream includes courses at all levels and a course on Business Chinese. The diverse culture courses are taught in English and reflect the rich cultural legacy of China, including civilisation, literature, and film.
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Our people
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Chia-rong Wu
29 July 2024
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Chia-rong Wu
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Chia-rong Wu
Associate Professor
Chinese Programme Coordinator
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Nancy Chu
25 November 2023
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Nancy Chu
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Nancy Chu
Lecturer - Teaching and Administration
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Wei Teng
20 November 2023
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Wei Teng
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Wei Teng
Lecturer
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Jill Winfield
30 November 2023
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Jill Winfield
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Jill Winfield
School Administrator
Meet our students
Chinese news and events
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Chinese Anzac brothers’ ground-breaking kiwi legacy
17 April 2019
A century ago, two New Zealand-Chinese, University of Canterbury engineering brothers, turned ANZAC soldiers, left their ground-breaking legacy for generations to come.
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Chinese Anzac brothers’ ground-breaking kiwi legacy
A century ago, two New Zealand-Chinese, University of Canterbury engineering brothers, turned ANZAC soldiers, left their ground-breaking legacy for generations to come.
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Chinese Anzac brothers’ ground-breaking kiwi legacy
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Lost in translation – communicating healthcare information in other languages
25 June 2021
Making sure translations of healthcare information make sense to linguistically diverse audiences has become more important than ever during Covid-19 outbreaks.
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Lost in translation – communicating healthcare information in other languages
Making sure translations of healthcare information make sense to linguistically diverse audiences has become more important than ever during Covid-19 outbreaks.
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Lost in translation – communicating healthcare information in other languages
