Speak English, China decrees

[Francis Hult]

The Australian

 

Speak English, China decrees

 

The Chinese capital is starting a campaign demanding that its residents learn to speak at least a few sentences of English. 

 

The drive demonstrates the dramatic changes that China has undergone in the past few decades and how its focus in world affairs has shifted.

 

In the 1950s, schoolchildren had to learn Russian to get ahead, while in the Cultural Revolution of the 1960s, it was safer to speak no foreign language at all rather than risk retribution under Chairman Mao's rule.

 

Full story:

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/speak-english-china-decrees/story-e6frg6so-1225891355837

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