This Day, That Year
China Daily | Updated: 2016-12-05 07:37
Item from Dec 5, 1998, in China Daily: Foreign students studying at Beijing University perform Ode to the '98 Anti-Flood Heroes yesterday.
The freezing cold has not dampened the enthusiasm of foreign students for learning Chinese. Yesterday evening, 300 students from 50 countries took part in a performance featuring Chinese language artistic programs. ...
In a mere 12 years, the Confucius Institute has opened 500 campuses worldwide, teaching Chinese language and culture to almost 2 million people.
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