Learning English as a second language exposes people to different cultures, provides more job opportunities and more importantly - in the context of globalization - boosts communication skills across international communities, said Rod Ellis, a New Zealand research professor at Curtin University's School of Education in Perth, Australia.
Wang Chuming, a research professor at Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, suggested educators put more effort into improving Chinese students' English language skills.
Hangzhou, capital of Zhejiang province, is accelerating its pace of building itself into an international hub for educational exchanges in order to help improve its position in the education sector both at home and abroad.
"Task-based language teaching requires teachers to ponder the role English education plays in all-around development of humans.
Chinese and US trade negotiators are scheduled to resume talks in Shanghai, birthplace of the first joint communiqué between the two countries, next week, the first time they will meet since the top leaders of the two countries agreed to a temporary truce during the G20 Summit in Japan in late June.
The United States again sent a warship through the Taiwan Straits on Wednesday. The motivation and implication seemingly explicit, since the move coincided with the release of China's white paper on its national defense policy.
MARK ESPER WAS SWORN in as the new US secretary of defense on Tuesday. In an article in Beijing News on Thursday, Diao Daming, a researcher in international politics at Renmin University of China, comments:
ON WEDNESDAY local time, the Minneapolis police released their investigation report on a rape allegation against Liu Qiangdong, founder of JD.com. Zhang Zhouxiang comments:
Editor's note: This year marks the 75th anniversary of the Bretton Woods system. Zhao Ke, a researcher in international strategy at the National Academy of Governance, in an article in Beijing News on Thursday, comments:
HUAWEI, CHINA'S TELECOMMUNICATIONS GIANT, is in the public eye again. This time for the high salaries it is paying to some newly hired college graduates. Beijing News comments:
THREE YOUNG MEN POSTED A VIDEO CLIP on social media showing themselves smoking in the Palace Museum, where it is prohibited. China Daily writer Zhang Zhouxiang comments:
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