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College language school expands our view of China for 60 years
MIDDLEBURY CHINESE SCHOOL student Theodore Waldron, left, China scholar Perry Link Jr. and Waldron’s mother, Xiaowei Yu (herself a former Language School student) pause for a photo during the celebration for the Chinese School’s 60-year anniversary this summer.
August 20, 2026
Middlebury College hosts the most intensive Chinese language program in the U.S., which began in 1966.
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