China awards scholarships to 1, 000 foreigners to learn Chinese language teaching

[Francis Hult]

China View

 

China awards scholarships to 1,000 foreigners to learn Chinese language teaching

 

China announced Tuesday to award scholarships to 1,021 foreign applicants for a master's program on Chinese language teaching, with an aim to cultivate local teaching staff amid increasing overseas demands for learning the language. 

 

The foreigners, from more than 50 countries, promised to teach Chinese for more than five years after they graduate from the master's program carried out by 50 universities around China, including the Peking University and the Beijing Normal University. 

 

State Councilor Liu Yandong said at the award ceremony that the scholarship was a new method to promote Chinese language and the government would continue to push it forward. 

 

Full story:

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-11/10/content_12427477.htm

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