A look at the popularity of Mandarin as a foreign language

[Francis Hult]

Asian Correspondent

 

A look at the popularity of Mandarin as a foreign language

 

Learning Chinese is becoming more and more popular around the world.

It is reported that over 3,000 universities and colleges in 109 countries provide students with Chinese courses.

 

In addition, more than 500 Confucius Schools have been set up around the world. Students in many countries, such as America, India, France and Russia an take Chinese courses. Even the Middle School students of these countries can choose Chinese courses as a second foreign language.

 

Full story:

http://asiancorrespondent.com/63628/chinese-language-popular-all-over-the-world/

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