The Chinese Proficiency Test (HSK) in Spain concluded Saturday with participants doubling from last year. This was the first time in Spain that the HSK was held at three universities in this European country, according to Chinese educational officials. And the number of native Spanish participants has exceeded that of the Chinese Spanish for the [...]
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Thailand welcome Mandarin-teaching volunteers from China
BANGKOK, May 24 (Xinhua) — The Thai capital saw a welcoming ceremony Sunday for this year’s first batch of Mandarin-teaching volunteers from China, and the total number of the Chinese teachers to Thailand in 2009, after another two batches arrived days later, will amount to 1,028. ”Upon the request and invitation of Thai Ministry of [...]
Confucius Institute at center of promoting Chinese culture, knowledge
HARARE, May 20 (Xinhua) — The Chinese language institute, Confucius Institute (CI), is one of the friendliest ways of bringing people of different cultures together, a senior Zimbabwean scholar has said in an exclusive interview with Xinhua on Wednesday. The director of the Confucius Institute and Dean of the Faculty of Arts at the University [...]
Chinese culture to shine in Africa
BEIJING, May 19 — Chinese culture will be transplanted to South Africa thanks to a $250 million theme-park-with-a-difference being built by local company Huaqiang Holdings. Fantawild Adventure, the 770,000 sq m high-tech facility destined for Johannesburg was among major successes announced during the four-day China (Shenzhen) International Cultural Industries Fair that closed yesterday with a [...]
Winner of Moscow round of “Chinese Bridge” contest unveiled
Contestant Grisha stands before a poster during the Moscow round of the the “Chinese Bridge” competition, a Chinese-language proficiency contest for foreign college students in Moscow, capital of Russia, May 17, 2009. As many as 11 college students in Moscow participated in the contest on Sunday and Grisha won the first place. “Chinese Bridge” competition [...]
Over 1,200 students in Myanmar sit for Chinese language HSK exam
More than 1,200 students in Myanmar sat for Chinese language HSK examination held across the country Sunday, registering the highest number of candidates taking the annual examination. The 2009 Chinese language HSK examination was sponsored by the Office of Chinese Language Council International (Hanban) and Chinese Embassy and Consulate-General in Myanmar. Two more examination centers, [...]
“Chinese Bridge” competition to be held this July in Changsha
A contestant draws a traditional Chinese painting during the French round of the “Chinese Bridge” competition, a Chinese-language proficiency contest for foreign college students, in Poitiers, France, on May 9, 2009. The two winners of the contest held here on Saturday will attend the final of the “Chinese Bridge” competition, which would be held this [...]
Ukraine holds Chinese langauge contest
KIEV, May 8 (Xinhua) — Ukrainian girl Lera, who is a senior student at the Lugansk University, beat all the other seven competitors from the country’s renowned universities in a Chinese language contest here on Friday. She impressed the judges and the audience with her eloquent Chinese speech “Wisdom in Tea” and outstanding performance of [...]
Kazakhstan holds Chinese proficiency competition
ALMATY, May 7 (Xinhua) — The final Kazakh round of the Eighth “Chinese Bridge” competition, a Chinese-language proficiency contest for foreign college students, concluded on Thursday in the capital city of Astana. A senior student from the Kazakh Abai National Normal University won the first prize and got a chance to take part in the [...]
Common man’s Confucius for the West
When Yu Dan, a media expert and professor at Beijing Normal University, sat down to interpret Confucian thoughts in 2006, little did she realize that this effort would catapult her to overnight fame, turning the wise and dusty old Confucian teachings into a Chinese version of Chicken Soup for the Soul. Yu Dan’s Insights into [...]