Feature: More Cambodian students seek degree in Chinese language

More and more Cambodian students have sought degree in Chinese literature as Cambodian- Chinese ties in economics, trade, investment, and tourism have been expanding rapidly in recent years. … AEU is the only university in Cambodia providing Chinese language programs at degree levels since 2012 under the support from the Confucius Institute of the Royal Academy of Cambodia and the Chinese Embassy in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Chen Jingwen, head of AEU’s Chinese Department, said that students’interest in studying Chinese at degree levels is very high in Cambodia thanks to close relations between the two countries and peoples. “I have been teaching high-school students, college students and adults, Cambodian people are all very positive about Chinese language and eager to learn it,”she said, adding that under the agreement between AEU and Jiu Jiang University in China’s Jiangxi province, good students would be sent to study in their fourth year in Jiu Jiang University. …

Global Post News Staff
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