Alex, I found it is on http://www.clta-gny.org/

Nancy











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>From: Alexander FERRABY <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: Mandarin Chinese Teaching              
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>Subject: Re: »Ø¸´£º Reasons to learn Chinese
>Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 16:19:09 -0000
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>Where is this article from Nancy?
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>Alex Ferraby
>Kingsford Community School
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Mandarin Chinese Teaching 
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>Sent: 13 November 2006 16:18
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: »Ø¸´£º Reasons to learn Chinese
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>Hi, Emma,
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>This is not a new article, but you may find it interesting to read.
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>Nancy
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>Gauntlet Opinions - China is the future
>Story by: Adam R. Ramsay, Gauntlet Opinions
>Story date: Thursday, October 28, 2004
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>Let China sleep, for when she awakes she shall shake the whole world.
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>--Napoleon Bonaparte
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>If you can't read these words, better start brushing up. A profound shift
>has begun, the kind that occurs once every few lifetimes. Don't be left
>behind. On Oct. 23, 2004, these were the ominous words emblazoned on the
>cover of The Globe and Mail. Between this headline were Chinese characters,
>ones the vast majority of Canadian university students would not 
>understand.
>None of this concerned me until the evidence began to mount. October's 
>cover
>of Fortune magazine was titled "Inside The New China--The companies,
>consumers and innovators shaping the World's Hottest Economy."
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>"China is the future" a respected university professor told me--and now an
>entire weekend edition of Canada's national newspaper was dedicated to
>China's growth, economy and people. The final exam was approaching; it was
>time to pay attention.
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>With a population of 1.3 billion China's sheer potential is no mystery. A
>country in the past oppressed by the shackles of communist regimes is now
>being transformed. A growth is about in China, and none of us should miss
>out. China's economy has grown by 10 percent every year for the past two
>decades. While suffering from the residual effects of the pathology of
>communism and large-ly state-owned enterprises, China will potentially
>emerge as the world's next superpower or at a minimum break the current
>monopolistic ranks.
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>The facts on China continue to pile up. China is the largest agricultural
>producer in the world, feeding approximately 22 percent of the world
>population. It has over 100 cities with a million people, India has 18,
>Japan, 12, The United States 9. Its population base is beginning to be
>adequately harnessed and the progress on the horizon will prove to be
>unprecedented.
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>China's adoption of Western capitalism however is not a panacea. According
>to the World Bank over 46.76 per cent of China's population live in incomes
>below the international poverty line of $2 U.S. per day. Moreover, China's
>public expenditures on health and education are abysmally low, sitting at
>around 2.2 per cent and 2 per cent respectively. In addition, addressing
>China's human right record will be of important concern for them on the
>world stage. According to Amnesty International 63.4 per cent of all known
>executions last year occurred in China. As any growing country does, China
>has some wrinkles to iron out particularly ones that will adversely affect
>them in the court of world opinion.
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>At first glance China's GDP of 4.6 trillion seems impressive. However,
>China's GDP per capita tells a much truer story--that work must be done to
>truly harness its population resources. Sitting at only $3,600 U.S. per
>capita compared to Canada's $25,000 U.S. per capita, China's economy, at
>least at the moment, lacks some form of economic efficiency.
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>All the concessions above however are misleading in and of themselves.
>Capitalism in China is only 10 years old and needs a chance to fully 
>mature.
>No other nation has broken away from communism and grown at this speed, and
>our predications are shrouded with uncertainty--we have no precedent to go
>from. Perhaps what is most impressive is even New York based financial 
>giant
>Goldman Sachs has projected China's economy to surpass America's by the 
>year
>2039. Militarily, China's prowess is indisputable. China is second only to
>our southern neighbor in military expenditures and actually ahead of them 
>in
>official military personnel. China is rising.
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>China's future should be persuasive. I was previously blissfully unaware of
>this superpower in the making--dismissing it as a communist titanic,
>egregious human rights violator and unfortunately lost country. My views
>have markedly changed. If China is the future there needs to be a plan in
>the present for us to become a part of it. Having America as our economic
>best friend is invaluable but having more friends never hurt.
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> >From: yueren ai <[log in to unmask]>
> >Reply-To: Mandarin Chinese Teaching
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> >Subject: »Ø¸´£º Reasons to learn Chinese
> >Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 15:25:50 +0800
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> >http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3025796.stm
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> >   Wish this article can help you.
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> >Emma Shore <[log in to unmask]> дµÀ£º
> >         Hello everyone,
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> >   Does anyone have a document which looks at 'reasons to learn Chinese',
> >the more stats the better, but if you have anything along those lines I'd
> >love to have a look at it.
> >
> >   Many thanks in advance,
> >
> >   Emma Shore
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