Education in the Chinese language provides insight into the culture, thought, and literature of China. It also gives students knowledge of a language that enables them to work and travel in areas of the world where Chinese is spoken-including a better understanding of both the spoken and written traditions of China.
Chinese is a global language, spoken by some 1.4 billion people as either their native tongue or as a second language. Next to English, it is the most important world language for business, diplomacy, and education. World-wide, almost one million people took a Chinese proficiency test in 2016. In the United States alone over 250,000 people are presently studying Chinese.
China leads the world in many areas, including steel and automobile production, computer, cell phone, and other high-technology exports, and global patent registrations. China is also at the forefront of research into digital media, quantum communications, and space exploration.
The Chinese economy is on the path to becoming the world's largest economy by 2020 and Minnesota companies need employees with cultural and linguistic competencies to succeed in the global economy. At present, China is the # 1 trading partner of the United States (US$ 580 Billion, 2016), Minnesota's # 3 export market (US$2.2 Billion, 2015).
America put a man on the moon in 1969. China has a rover on Mars and plans to put a man on the moon by 2025.
Today, China has over 2,000 power plants under construction, and has invested almost $400 billion dollars in alternative energy. Its largest cities are home to over 1,200 skyscrapers, including 5 of the tallest buildings in the world. It has the most expansive high-speed (bullet) train network in the world, spreading out some 12,000 miles, with plans to expand it to 18,000 miles. Their highway and airport building program is also the biggest in history. And it has more supercomputers than any country in the world, including the United States, with its fastest home-grown supercomputer 5 times faster than anything in the West.
China is the world's:
As a result, the study of China and Chinese has become one of the fastest growing areas of learning in the United States and the world.
How can Normandale Community College help?
Apply it in a variety of fields, including:
Or travel and see China first hand.
Whatever your choices in life, knowledge of China or Chinese is sure to be an invaluable asset, working to give you an advantage in the competition for employment, but also contributing to you becoming a true Global Citizen.
Welcome to the fascinating field of Chinese Studies.
Apply it in a variety of fields, including:
Or travel and see China first hand.
Whatever your choices in life, knowledge of China or Chinese is sure to be an invaluable asset, working to give you an advantage in the competition for employment, but also contributing to you becoming a true Global Citizen.
Welcome to the fascinating field of Chinese Studies.