U.S. schools expected to hire more Mandarin teachers in 5 yrs
239 views · Published 2 October 2015 · 0:51 · Indexed 20 September 2026
Channel: New China TV · 2015 · News & Politics
At the joint news conference with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the White House last Friday, Obama said the U.S. will start a new initiative called "1 Million Strong", to encourage 1 million American students to learn Mandarin Chinese over the next five years. According to Carola McGiffert, president of a nonpartisan, nonprofit foundation which will lead the new initiative, substantially increasing the number of Mandarin language teachers in American schools is very important for the "1 Million Strong" initiative.
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