It was announced yesterday as the BRICS conference continued in Durban that plans to establish the Confucius Institute at DUT are well on track with the university having signed an agreement towards the establishment of the Institute with the Fujian Agriculture and Forest University (FAFU).
The agreement, signed by DUT vice-chancellor Professor Ahmed Bawa and Professor Ye Huiling, chairman of Fafu’s Council at the DUT Hotel School Conference Centre, DUT Ritson Campus, will lead to DUT becoming the first institution in KwaZulu-Natal to offer Mandarin courses.
The agreement will also see the eThekwini Municipality’s International Relations Office using the services of DUT-trained Chinese language professionals for language translation and interpretation services during business meetings or cultural events hosted by the City. More.
See: Sowetan
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The word "local" in this report means very local. This will be the fifth Confucius Institute at a university in South Africa (the others being in Grahamstown, Cape Town, Stellenbosch and Pretoria). Perhaps some enterprising student can do a study on how (or if) the CI had influenced opinions on Taiwan and Tibet at those universities.
You can also study Mandarin Chinese at university level in South Africa if you don't want to use the CI's services, e.g. at Unisa.
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