Men's Basketball Launches "The Mandarin Minute"

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. — Boston College men's basketball is proud to introduce a new video series called "The Mandarin Minute."

Hosted by manager Siqi Wang and guard Jordan Chatman, the Mandarin Minute provides the latest Boston College men's basketball news in the most widely spoken dialect in China. In addition, Wang will help maintain BC men's basketball's presence on Weibo - China's most popular social media site.

Wang is a communications major and native of Shanghai. "In my three years of working with the basketball team, I've always wanted to introduce BC basketball to people in China, but never had a chance. This was the perfect opportunity."

Prior to arriving at the Heights, Chatman learned Mandarin as part of his two-year mission in Taiwan with the Church of Jesus Christ and Latter-day Saints. It is the language he primarily speaks at home with his wife Chelsea.

"It's always special anytime I have the opportunity to speak the mandarin language knowing the struggles it took to learn it," Chatman said. "This is a fun opportunity for me to share BC basketball with my mandarin-speaking friends in Asia, the U.S., and many others."

Enrollment of Chinese students at Boston College currently stands at 469 undergraduates and 927 total, including graduate programs. Chinese students make up close to 50% of BC's total international student population.

"This is a unique opportunity to promote Boston College men's basketball's brand - locally and internationally," said Mike Laprey, BC Athletics' associate director of communications. "Basketball is immensely popular in China and Boston has a robust Chinese population. We hope this is a way to combine all of these elements in a positive way and introduce BC men's basketball to a new population of fans."

Men's Basketball Launches "The Mandarin Minute"

Players Mentioned

Jordan Chatman

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