Some US Students Learn Mandarin With China's Help

According to the article, some schools in the United States and other countries offer Chinese language classes with government support from China. A recent report said more schools in the United States are teaching Chinese and Arabic, although the numbers are still low. However, it said foreign language teaching in public elementary and middle schools dropped sharply in recent years and fewer schools teach French, German, Russian or Japanese.

I learned Chinese when I was a high school student thus I realize that Chinese language class is effective to know both Chinese language and Chinese culture. Recently, China has become the world's top exporter, so learning Chinese is useful to communicate with Chinese people in business.

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