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The chairman's bao team here. If anybody from du chinese is reading, add grammar points to the end of your lessons! Good for getting used to news articles, and the grammar points listed at the end of lessons are really useful.
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I find everything i need right there, i'm intermediate level. A simplified chinese news site, specifically aimed at mandarin learners. Reading chinese is easily the most efficient way to acquire new language structures, grammar, vocabulary and getting a “feeling” for how the language sounds. A short explanation of the name: