Sizing up China: Beijing-backed culture centers teaching the world Chinese

Be it Belgrade, Tel Aviv or Auckland, New Zealand, millions of people around the world have taken up learning Chinese… There are now 156 Confucius Institutes in 55 countries and regions. Beijing aims to have 200 up and running by the end of the year... Japan hosts seven institutes… China's Ministry of Education estimates that 100 million people will be studying Chinese as a foreign language by 2010... [View Full Article]