Pharaohs, Cantonese and the Gang of Four
In this week's World in Words podcast: why did British band Gang of Four name themselves after China's notorious cultural revolutionaries? Also, was Hosni Mubarak Egypt's last pharaoh? Or is that just a cute turn of phrase? And is Cantonese, once the lingua franca of Chinatowns around the world., imperiled by the steady march of Mandarin?
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