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Another way to learn Mandarin is via your iPod. Kate Chapman says you can download lessons, transcripts, exercises, even get one-on-one support and a personal tutor through Shanghai-based ChinesePod.

Have no fear, you can get to grips with Mandarin for free on the pioneering ChinesePod website, just in time for the Olympics, writes Clifford Coonan. YOU'RE NOT likely to catch any exotic diseases if ...

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