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Retraction Note: Psycho-linguistic and educational challenges in teaching Chinese (Mandarin) language: voices from none-Chinese teachers of Mandarin language

The Original Article was published on 11 November 2023

BMC Psychology (2023) 11:390

https://doiorg.publicaciones.saludcastillayleon.es/10.1186/s40359-023-01432-8

The editor and the publisher have retracted this article. The article was submitted to be part of a guest-edited issue. An investigation by the publisher found a number of articles, including this one, with a number of concerns, including but not limited to compromised editorial handling and peer review process, inappropriate or irrelevant references or not being in scope of the journal or guest-edited issue. Based on the investigation’s findings the editor therefore no longer has confidence in the results and conclusions of this article.

Pan Lei disagree has stated that the authors disagree with this retraction.

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Pan, L., Sun, D., Zou, Y. et al. Retraction Note: Psycho-linguistic and educational challenges in teaching Chinese (Mandarin) language: voices from none-Chinese teachers of Mandarin language. BMC Psychol 13, 473 (2025). https://doiorg.publicaciones.saludcastillayleon.es/10.1186/s40359-025-02818-6

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