Chinese mastering English with right mindset

While more and more Westerners are learning Chinese, many people in China are also increasingly keen to master other major languages of the world, like English. To be sure, mistakes and errors are made but there is quite a positive mindset or attitude to make corrections. The first government-sponsored institution for the studies of foreign languages named Tong Wen Guan was set up with royal patronage in Beijing on 24 August, 1862 as a programme for "self-strengthening".

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