03.06.08
It’s time to start understanding Chinese
Chinese language studies to be offered by North Attleboro High School through a grant from the Chinese government. The Chinese will pay for salary for the program and for textbooks, and the school district need only provide a room with a desk for the teacher. China’s Ministry of Education predicted a couple of years ago that 100 million people around the world will be taking Chinese - Mandarin - lessons by 2010. Many people in this country already are, through Confucius Institutes purportedly established to promote the Chinese language and enhance that country’s relationships around the world, and through other means. A bill to spend $1.3 billion over five years on Chinese language programs in schools and on cultural exchanges to improve ties between the United States and China.