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Jack stand with his hands on a fence that is out of shot, staring at the camera. Behind him is the crest of St Mark’s School

‘It’s who I am’: publisher and typeface designer Jack Yan on Cantonese

In this third instalment of the Chinese Languages in Aotearoa project, curator Grace Gassin and magazine publisher and typeface designer Jack Yan talk about Cantonese, an especially significant language in the history of Chinese migration to Aotearoa New Zealand.Read more

2021-10-26
By: Grace Gassin
On: 26 Oct 2021
In: History

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