Teaching Chinese

Norman Matloff makes a case for the study of Chinese. According to him, the interest for Chinese is not a fad. But in his article he points out the challenges that can be encountered when teaching Mandarin. That brings me to start thinking about 1) the teaching part itself (the practical, nitty gritty part of wondering of how a Chinese classroom would be like) as well as 2) the search for Chinese teachers. About 1), it seems Dr. Matloff has developed his own technological solution to teaching Mandarin. If this type of teaching were to be implemented at our school, it would go well with our emphasis on integrating technology in the classroom. However, do we want to go in the direction of the YouTube video posted with his article?? Regarding 2) it seems like the Chinese Government is going out of its way to provide teachers to the U.S. in order to promote the study of Chinese. Would we go in this direction? What is our stance on collaborating with governments that are infamously involved with human rights abuses. What is our commitment to justice? Of course I aam not making a case against the study of Mandarin. There are other ways to find teachers of Chinese.