In recent years, Chinese language learning in India is really popular. According to the report, the most frequently heard words in India are that India is lack of Chinese teaching materials, Chinese books, Chinese schools and Chinese teachers. Some of the foreigners who study in Mandarin program in China may be interested in some sentences in ancient Chinese books. The phrases like 知己知彼and上兵伐谋are also spoken by Indian students, making the distance between Chinese people and Indian even more closer.
After going to the bookshops of New Delhi, the reporters find that the Chinese books are really rare in the bookstores. The Chinese version and English version of some famous books such as the Analects of Confucius, Master Sun‘s Art of War and the Three Kingdoms are sold out. According to the staffs in the bookstores, Chinese books are popular in recent years and the demands exceed supplies, especially the classical Chinese books mentioned above.
The students of Chinese language school in New Delhi Nehru University said to the reporters that Indian students study Chinese enthusiastically because of the large employment opportunities. Some of the foreign students who study Mandarin online may be told that many Indian students think it is a kind of fashion to speak Chinese language. Nehru University is one of the earliest universities offering Chinese courses in India. There are 110 students major in Chinese language at present.
With the rapid development of Sino-Indian economic and civil exchanges, learning Chinese will be a growing demand and gradually expand to the second or the third lines cities. Currently, there are four colleges and universities can award official degree for Chinese language leaning. However, this kind of teaching resource is far short of meeting India demands of the Chinese language education market.
One student said that the number of Indian people who study Chinese is increasing because China is becoming the largest trading partner of India. That is to say, the main purpose that the Indian learn Chinese is to do business and business communication. At present, many Indian people start to know clearly about the reality and turn to study Chinese language. Some of the students who study in Mandarin Chinese course in China may know the books like Master Sun‘s Art of War are very popular there because they think the ideas in those books are helpful to do business.