On Chinese Fever
[00:10.58]Chinese language learning has been constantly heating up all over the world.
[00:17.05]It is reported that Chinese is taught in more than 100 countries
[00:22.48]and millions of overseas people are learning Chinese.
[00:26.27]Why does Chinese fever sweep the world?
[00:29.72]There are mainly two reasons.
[00:32.25]To begin with,
[00:34.18]it has become a consensus that China is the biggest market in the world,
[00:39.39]thus many foreigners learn Chinese in order to obtain more opportunities.
[00:46.05]Furthermore,
[00:47.25]as the political and economic status of China has been greatly enhanced
[00:52.63]in the past decades,
[00:54.10]Chinese culture has also been widely spread.
[00:57.99]Numerous people are fascinated by China
[01:01.64]and are eager to learn its language
[01:04.07]so that they can understand its culture better.
[01:07.01]I think that Chinese fever indeed reflects the influence of China in the world.
[01:14.00]However, I hope that personal interest, rather than economic benefits,
[01:20.02]will become the main reason for learning Chinese.
[01:23.82]And I expect more exchanges between different minds and cultures
[01:28.60]can benefit our country.