Confucius Institute comes to PSU

Portland State University Press Release: "News: Confucius Institute Formed at PSU to Promote Chinese Language and Culture:"

Portland State University and the Office of International Affairs have signed an agreement with the China National Office for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language (Hanban) to establish a Confucius Institute in Portland.

Confucius Institutes are being established worldwide to promote Chinese language and culture and to support Chinese teaching internationally. The Confucius Institute at Portland State is part of a national trend of Chinese awareness in the U.S. With encouragement from the Chinese and American governments, schools across the United States are expanding their language offerings to include Chinese, the world's most-spoken tongue. (Worldwide, 1.4 billion people speak Chinese.)

The Chinese government funding that establishes Portland State’s Confucius Institute will include a library materials grant, resources for hosting a visiting faculty member from Suzhou University (PSU’s sister school in southwestern China), along with support for community outreach and development. Short courses in cultural awareness for business and travel are in expected to be available as early as summer 2006....

 

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[Martin Buuri Kaburia]

We too have it at our University