Language skills bridge ties with Kenya
7 months, 1 week ago

Language skills bridge ties with Kenya

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By OTIATO OPALI in Nairobi, Kenya | China Daily Global | Updated: 2024-05-16 10:12 Kenyan students show the words "Chinese Day" written in Chinese with a brush during an event celebrating the upcoming UN Chinese Language Day at the Confucius Institute at the University of Nairobi, in Nairobi, Kenya, April 18, 2023. Makokha was part of 20 final contestants from six colleges in Kenya that participated in the 23rd Chinese Bridge-Chinese Proficiency Competition for College Students, held at the University of Nairobi on Tuesday. Wang Shangxue, director of the Confucius Institute, University of Nairobi, said the inclusion of non-Confucius institutes in the competition was necessitated by the improvement of Chinese language skills among Kenyan students in recent years and that is why, since last year, the contest has been opened to all colleges, which offer Chinese language courses in Kenya. "This shows intensifying Chinese language education in Kenya, and the number of college students studying Chinese has been increasing with an increasing number of schools in Kenya opening Chinese language courses," Wang said.

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Chinese businesses committed to development in Kenya
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Chinese businesses committed to development in Kenya

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China Daily  

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Tanzanian girl's love for Chinese language brings her career in education
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Tanzanian girl's love for Chinese language brings her career in education
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