Originally Posted by Pturner

Hi Tal,
I had not heard about this, so I Googled the question and found this article:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/21/ed...21chinese.html

According to the article, many public schools dropped foreign language classes in the past decade. Then a second trend emerged in which schools began offering Chinese language classes, in part because the Chinese government is sending teachers all over the world to teach Chinese, and offering to pay part of these teachers' salaries.

That's an eye opener. Thanks for raising the issue.