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Article: Roundup: S.E. Asia's Chinese Language Education Set to Embrace New Boom

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December 17, 2001
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By Yang Qingchuan

BANGKOK, December 17 (Xinhua) -- For the first time in Thailand's educational history, a newly-founded local international schooldecides to give the Chinese language a priority instead of the usual entire English curriculum.

"The quick rise of China means Chinese is the future," school founder Varnee Ross explained this unprecedented move to the localmedia. As a member of a top local business family, she knows very well that in Southeast Asia, Chinese is now the right language to learn.

Like Ross, more and more people in this region become aware of the increasing importance of the Chinese language. The growing demand for Chinese textbooks and teachers can be felt in ...

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