The Importance of China

Please delete if this is troublesome to the party ! Copied from BBC Website.

An independent school has become the first in the UK to make Mandarin Chinese compulsory for pupils, reflecting the growing importance of China on the world stage. But it's not an easy language to master.

China used to be called a sleeping giant. Now, as the world's fastest growing major economy, it is well and truly awake.

British exports to the country are expected to quadruple by the end of the decade and the government wants every school, college and university to be twinned with an equivalent in China within the next five years.

An estimated 100 schools in the UK are now teaching Mandarin, China's official language, according to the British Council - the UK's international organisation for educational and cultural relations.

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100 Schools may not seem a lot to a vast Country like China but in Britain it is vast amount.

是啊，中国正在苏醒

we are becoming stronger peacefully.

Yeah~
i read about this on the newspaper too!
China is growing up,but there are still many problems to solve.^_^
wish our homeland peace and strong!

[em01] Happy New Year to you all..[em05]

http://www.cardmaster.com/card/Chinese%20New%20Year/Flash%20Card/Year_Dog_Dragon_Dance.swf

[[i] Last edited by carl.h on 2006-1-30 at 04:13 [/i]]

thank you carl!
that's pretty funny~~~

I have watched the flash..very interesting ...Gung Hay Fat Choi...so funny...that's Canton's pronunciation...

...~~~~~"LAKE SHI DULL LOYAL"~~~~~~...

Oooooops [em12]  Sorry guy`s

y u say sorry?

in Cantonese "Gung Hay Fat Choy"means wish make a pile.
and "LAKE SHI DULL LOYAL"is Canton's pronunciation means give  me luckly money of the New Year.

sorry ,my English is worse than my Chinese..............