Ballarat's passion for multicultural

The Courier

Haoliang Sun, founder of  Xin Jin Shan Chinese Library, spoke about how passionate Ballarat citizens are about multiculturalism, especially Chinese culture.

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00:00 Bahrain is not a local village, it's an international city.

00:04 The local primary and secondary school students have no Chinese background.

00:09 But they are very enthusiastic about learning Chinese.

00:12 The adults are also very active in learning Chinese.

00:15 We have an 82-year-old English teacher.

00:18 She is in the education center.

00:20 Because she has a lot of Chinese immigrants,

00:26 she said she wanted to learn Chinese.

00:28 She comes to learn Chinese every Friday afternoon.

00:31 We are obliged to teach her Chinese.

00:35 There is also a bus driver here.

00:40 When I open the door, he stops and comes in.

00:43 He has been here many times.

00:44 He asked when I would teach Chinese.

00:46 He said he wanted to learn Chinese.

00:50 There is also an old man who is very touched.

00:53 He is in Pakistan.

00:54 It takes 40 kilometers to get here.

00:57 His legs are not comfortable.

00:59 He came to learn Chinese here.

01:01 I am very touched.

01:04 Have you observed the Moorish school?

01:06 Our Moorish school is mainly for Chinese children.

01:09 But I think Bahrain is a place that is very passionate about

01:15 diverse cultures, especially Chinese culture.

01:18 [BLANK_AUDIO]

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