mandarin,The foreign market for Mandarin learning

The number of non Chinese people learning Mandarin Chinese has expanded massively in recent years. In 2007 approximately 30million non-Chinese people were learning Chinese and in 2010, just 3 years later, this figure rose to more than 40million. (http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-12/13/content_11689902.htm accessed 07/09/2011) The reason for the increased popularity (according to an article _disibledevent=>
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