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<br>L O W L A N D S - L - 10 January 2007 - Volume 02<br><br>=========================================================================<br><br>From: <span id="_user_bryans@lodging1.com" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 28);">Bryan E. Schulz <
<a href="mailto:bryans@lodging1.com">bryans@lodging1.com</a>></span><span style="font-weight: normal;" class="lg"></span><br>Subject: Dying languages<br><br><div bgcolor="#ffffff">
<div><font face="Georgia" size="2">This comes from the BBC web-page. Is
English also a dying language? Chinese is taught as the primnary language
of commerce.</font></div>
<div><font face="Georgia" size="2">You can find to full article at:</font></div>
<div><font face="Georgia" size="2"><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/6244763.stm" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/6244763.stm
</a></font></div>
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<div><font face="Georgia" size="2">"Hundreds of teachers have been sent to Africa,
and since 2004, China has set up "Confucius Institutes" around the world,
actively promoting Mandarin Chinese.
<p>So far, they have signed contracts with 40 universities in 25 countries to
establish these joint projects"</p></font></div></div><br>
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