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To mark the 14th International Chinese Language Day, which falls 【小题1】 April 20, Cape Town in South Africa witnessed the opening of a special exhibition: The Way of Type — Modernization of Chinese Typography (活版印刷). By【小题2】 (show) the development of fonts (字体), the exhibition gave visitors an overview of the modern development of Chinese characters.
The 2023 Chinese Language Day 【小题3】 (celebrate) under the theme of “Chinese Wisdom for a Green World” by the UN. Separate 【小题4】 (activity) included the school Chinese calligraphy event held at the Confucius Institute at the University of Johannesburg in Johannesburg South Africa,【小题5】 folk music performances held in Vienna, Austria, which aided people 【小题6】 (have) a better understanding of the role of China’s traditional culture in today’s modern world.
Statistics show that so far over 180 countries and regions around the world have Chinese language teaching programs, eighty-two of which have included Chinese language learning into their 【小题7】 (nation) education system, such as the United Arab Emirates, an Arab country 【小题8】 the Chinese language is taught in about 60 schools.
“Academically speaking, the relationship between China and the Arab world has always been a hot topic. In 【小题9】 past few decades, the trend of mutual language learning between China and Arab countries has improved 【小题10】 (great),” said Xue Qingguo, an Arabic studies professor at the Beijing Foreign Studies University.