Madagascar’s Military Will Soon Learn to Say 你好 (Hello)

Officials in Madagascar’s Ministry of Defense will soon have the chance to study Mandarin thanks to a new program set up by the embassy’s new military office in Antananarivo. The objective of the course is to facilitate “broader, smoother and sounder communication” between the two militaries.

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