Sweden Is Planning To Teach Every Schoolchild Chinese In The Next 10 Years -

Sweden Is Planning To Teach Every Schoolchild Chinese In The Next 10 Years - 

Sweden’s education minister said Wednesday that all schoolchildren will be taught Chinese within 10 years, reports AFP.

If Jan Björklund’s plan goes ahead, Sweden will be the first country in Europe to make Chinese compulsory.

“Chinese will be much more important, from an economic perspective, than French or Spanish,” Björklund told the Dagens Industri newspaper.

“Not everyone in the business world speaks English,” said Björklund. “Very qualified businesses are leaving Europe to move to China.”

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