English education in China

The emphasis on English-language education in the People's Republic of China only emerged after 1979, three years after the end of Cultural Revolution, when China adopted the reform and opening up policy, and the United States and China established strong diplomatic ties. One estimate (in 2007) put the number of English speakers in China at over 200 million and rising, with 50 million secondary school pupils now studying the language.

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