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How Agnes Chow Made Herself Fluent in Japanese
How did Agnes Chow Ting, Hong Kong’s “Goddess of Democracy,” get so good at Japanese? The answer: self-study, anime, and sheer necessity.
December 11, 2019
How did Agnes Chow Ting, Hong Kong’s “Goddess of Democracy,” get so good at Japanese? The answer: self-study, anime, and sheer necessity.
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