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JOHN Klump believes that learning Chinese has broadened his horizons,and now his perspective is no longer limited to what happens in his own country.The 23-year-old from the state of North Carolina in the U.S.speaks fluent Chinese,and was recently crowned the American champion of the“Chinese Bridge”Competition(Chinese Proficiency Competition for Foreign College Students).After studying Chinese for three years at the Confucius Institute at the University of South Florida,he applied for a Chinese government scholarship.In August 2018,he became a graduate student at the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing.“I have always been very interested in Chinese culture,especially in the history of China.The change of the Chinese dynasties was so unpredictable that learning Chinese history is like reading mystery novels.”
