[EDLING:193] Demand for Chinese language learning increasing rapidly

[Francis M. Hult]

People's Daily Online

Demand for Chinese language learning increasing rapidly

Recently, the International Office of the Chinese Language Council, known 
as "Hanban" for short, has dispatched the fourth set of more than 400 volunteer 
Chinese language teachers to Thailand. This is the largest contingent of 
teachers that has been sent since China first implemented the "Program of 
International Overseas Volunteer Chinese Language Teachers". 

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