Chinese Language Education in America: The Craze Continues

I continue to find reports from local newspapers in municipalities all over the United States, writing about the local Chinese (and sometimes Arabic, Russian, and Japanese) language programs the local schools are piloting.
Here’s a recent article from Frederick, MD: A New Way of Speaking Things
A 3 week program for middle schoolers, taught by native Chinese [...]

Culture Shock: American Managers in China

I found this well-written, concise article in the Salt Lake Tribune that highlights some of the cultural adaptation problems American managers who work in China encounter.
From the article:
The issue…is that the Chinese culture is so different from what Americans have experienced in life and in the workplace.
When people ask me if there are major [...]

Culture Shock For Chinese Tourists And Taiwanese Hosts

I’ll borrow the title of the article for this post.
Basically, mainland Chinese tourists have begun to visit Taiwan, and are expected to do so in greater numbers in the months and years to come. Predictably, there are some biases and prejudices on both sides and like most biases and prejudices, they are largely without logical [...]

Chinese Learning Programs in American Schools

I’d like to write a long research paper on this topic, but many duties call. The article at this link is one of many I get in my Google New Alert on Learning Chinese.
The article notes that as students get older, they tend to have less and less interest in learning Chinese. From the article:
But [...]

Learning Chinese in Australia

Kevin Rudd, the PM of Australia, a Chinese speaker himself, recently attended a conference of the Chinese Language Teachers ‘ Federation of Australia.
He spoke about the importance of Australians learning Asian languages.
Link: Australian PM praises work [...]