Monday, November 24, 2008

More U.S. college students learning Mandarin...

More American college students are acknowledging the important role China will play in the global economy in the coming years by studying the Mandarin language. Mandarin is the most spoken among the different Chinese tongues and is one of the six official languages of the United Nations.
In Boston, a local businessman Nader Dareshori, is riding on the growing popularity of Mandarin with college students through his Aptius Education firm which entered into a deal with a Beijing university press to distribute Mandarin textbooks and educational materials to colleges throughout the country and other English-speaking nations. More...

See also:
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  2. Former Soviet republics dumping Russian and turning to English...
  3. Bulgarian Idol sings "Ken Lee". Hilarious!
  4. Foreign Accent Syndrome, or waking up with a strange accent...

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