Extract of an article from "How hard is it to learn chinese"?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4617646.stm
British exports to the country are expected to quadruple by the end of the decade and the government wants every school, college and university to be twinned with an equivalent in China within the next five years. An estimated 100 schools in the UK are now teaching Mandarin, China's official language, according to the British Council - the UK's international organisation for educational and cultural relations.

Extract of an article from "Get ahead, Learn Chinese"

http://www.time.com/time/asia/covers/501060626/story.html
Now, students who can put "fluent in Mandarin" on their résumés are seeing the payoff. Jakarta resident Imam Fanani, 26, was initially discouraged when he began hunting for work last year because many of his friends had been unable to find good-paying jobs. But a day after he submitted his résumé to several employment websites, he had three job offers. His edge? A degree from the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing. "There is no discrimination against the language anymore," says Imam, who now works at a conglomerate owned by an Indonesian Chinese. "In fact, you could even say it's become kind of fashionable."

Other articles:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14521977/
Washington Post (New Urgency to learn chinese, 26 Aug 2006)

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China_Business/HI26Cb01.html
Asia Times Online (Mandarin paves the way to riches, 2006)

http://www.indiaedunews.net/in-focus/May-June_2007/Learning_Chinese_to_gain_employment_edge_1342/
India Edunews (Learning Chinese to gain employment edge, 14 Jun 2007)

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