Bridge of language links both banks
China Daily | Updated: 2017-09-06 07:59
Education initiative takes off as number of American students learning Mandarin doubles in two years.
NEW YORK - The number of US K-12 students learning Mandarin has doubled to around 400,000 in two years, says Morgan Jones, chief operating officer, US-China Strong Foundation.
The US nonprofit is leading a Chinese language education initiative called 1 Million Strong that seeks to expand to 1 million the number of US K-12 students learning Mandarin by 2020.
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