As an American who grew up at a religious school in the 90s, we absolutely did not (or at least I never had access to one). Obviously places like Kora or Tibet have been effected in their history (I still want to read your answers 😁), but what about, for example, New Zealand? Or Sierra Leonne? Or Portugal? I’m just curious to see how pervasive the new Global Language already is by this point.

BonusQuestion: Is it mostly following their Belt-and-Road Initiative? Wouldn’t that be something?

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    33 days ago

    yes, in France, in business schools, they definitely teach Chinese, as a choice, not mandatory.

    I believe it is also possible to take Chinese classes during high school , again as a “3rd language option”, after English and /Spanish / German

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      Follow-up question: business schools? As in, specialization before high school graduation? I know there are a handful of ‘premier’ schools here in the states but most of them are expensive, exclusionary, and focused on simply getting INTO a better university (prep schools). Most of us just go through general public education which can vary wildly and you definitely do not (in most cases) get to choose between the “business” branch or the “engineering” branch

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        23 days ago

        No, you are confusing “prep class”, which prepare to engineer/business school/university, with business school itself.

        Business school is like a University , but private and expensive. It’s higher education (Master degree)