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English is getting more and more important in China, while Chinese is becoming more and more popular among foreign kids. But Chinese can be more difficult 【小题1】 （learn）. Although many foreign kids think that Chinese characters have too many strokes（笔画）, they still want to learn them. Some students in South Korea begin to learn 【小题2】 （write）Chinese characters on their first day at school. 【小题3】 （help）students learn Chinese, South Korea holds competitions for high school students every year.

The Ministry of Education in our country 【小题4】 （say）in the interview yesterday that last year，nearly 33 million people from 142 countries and regions 【小题5】 （learn）Chinese. Some even try 【小题6】 （write）and speak in Chinese in their spare time.

China is developing 【小题7】 fast that foreign countries intend 【小题8】 （understand）China better so as to help them with their business. The Chinese government is also helping the world learn Chinese. So far, it 【小题9】 （send）more than 20 thousand Chinese teachers to more than 60 countries in the world. Nowadays, more and more Confucius Institutes 【小题10】 （set）up in foreign countries.