Increasing number of expats in Singapore take Mandarin lessons

Telegraph.co.uk, 11 Oct 2010
As China climbs the global economic ladder, expats in Singapore are increasingly enrolling in language schools to learn Mandarin.
“There has been a 30 per cent rise in the number of expats learning Mandarin at our school since last year. Considering how China’s economy is growing, it is becoming an important language to know both for professional and cultural reasons," says Patrick Chen, marketing manager of Academ-Asia School Of Language and Education in Singapore. Full story