In the relaxed cadences of her native Taiwan, Kelly Chuang instructed her students to repeat after her. “Wo bu shi taiwan ren. Wo shi meiguo ren” — “I’m not Taiwanese. I’m American.” She projected the ...

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I broke up with my very long-term girlfriend last December. Since then I've met a number of Chinese nationals who are very fun and sweet but know very little English, and I know virtually no Chinese.