{"id":4725,"date":"2025-05-20T15:42:12","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T19:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/modern-languages-and-literatures\/?p=4725"},"modified":"2025-05-20T15:42:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T19:42:12","slug":"montclair-student-wins-third-place-in-eastern-u-s-region-of-2025-chinese-bridge-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/modern-languages-and-literatures\/2025\/05\/20\/montclair-student-wins-third-place-in-eastern-u-s-region-of-2025-chinese-bridge-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Montclair Student Wins Third Place in Eastern U.S. Region of 2025 Chinese Bridge Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Emmanuelle Phillip, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/spanish-and-latino-studies\/\">Spanish<\/a> major with minors in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/modern-languages-and-literatures\/programs-of-study\/chinese\/\">Chinese<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/modern-languages-and-literatures\/programs-of-study\/korean-program\/\">Korean<\/a>, won third prize in the Eastern United States Region (College Student Group) in the final round of the <a href=\"https:\/\/chinainstitute.org\/school\/2025-chinese-bridge-competition-for-eastern-united-states-region\/\">2025 Chinese Bridge Competition<\/a>, a renowned speech contest for students of Chinese in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>Emmanuelle was enthusiastic about her participation in the competition.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Participating in the Chinese Bridge Competition (Eastern U.S. Region), hosted by the China Institute in America, was an enriching and enlightening experience. I had the opportunity to learn from other talented contestants in the college student group, gaining new perspectives through their speeches, cultural performances, and interactions with the judges.<\/p>\n<p>This experience helped me reflect on my strengths and identify areas for growth. It also inspired me to continue deepening my study of the Chinese language and culture.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m especially grateful to my Chinese teachers at Montclair, who supported and guided me every step of the way.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The Department of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/modern-languages-and-literatures\/\">World Languages and Cultures<\/a> is incredibly proud of Emmanuelle&#8217;s achievement and looks forward to seeing her continue to excel in her studies and cultural pursuits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emmanuelle Phillip, a Spanish major with minors in Chinese and Korean, won third prize in the Eastern United States Region (College Student Group) in the final round of the 2025 Chinese Bridge Competition, a renowned speech contest for students of Chinese in the U.S. Emmanuelle was enthusiastic about her participation in the competition. Participating in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":4730,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,13,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chinese","category-student-news","category-world-languages-and-cultures"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/modern-languages-and-literatures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/modern-languages-and-literatures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/modern-languages-and-literatures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/modern-languages-and-literatures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/modern-languages-and-literatures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4725"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/modern-languages-and-literatures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4725\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4729,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/modern-languages-and-literatures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4725\/revisions\/4729"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/modern-languages-and-literatures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/modern-languages-and-literatures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/modern-languages-and-literatures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/modern-languages-and-literatures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}