The 'Red Scare' in Washington


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  • Wednesday, 09 Sep 2020

President Trump's granddaughter Arabella sang Mandarin songs and recited the Three Character Classic for President Xi and First Lady Peng Liyuan during their visit to Mar-a-Lago, Florida, in 2017. — Xinhua

THE "Red Scare" seems to be spreading fast in the United States after US President Donald Trump said last month that if he is not re-elected in November,"you're going to have to learn to speak Chinese".

But wouldn't that be a good thing? The more people across the world speak each other's mother language, the better an understanding they will develop.

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