Skip to bbc.co.uk search Learn Chinese for free... in Liberia China is often criticised for taking from Africa but giving little back.
During one lesson he tells the class: "If you all want to go to China - because China is a beautiful place - you have to learn Chinese."
"Traditionally Liberians are closer to the Americans than we are to the Chinese, but the irony is that the Chinese are more open to us than the Americans are," he says.
