Confucius Classroom Enlightens Canadian Students on Chinese Culture

[Francis Hult]

English.news.cn

 

Confucius Classroom enlightens Canadian students on Chinese culture

 

Chinese voices are increasingly being heard in Coquitlam, British Columbia, through the Confucius Classroom program where 450 local residents, young and old, are currently studying Mandarin at a conversation level.

 

On Tuesday in the Vancouver suburb city, the program, which is funded by the Chinese government through the China National Office for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language (Hanban) took a major step when it unveiled a major acquisition sure to benefit thousands of Canadians for years to come.

 

Full story:

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/indepth/2010-06/09/c_13341092.htm

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