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  • This is an obsolete blog post.  We now have two entire pages dedicated to this topic.   Visit these pages for the latest information on Mandarin Immersion programs in the Bay Area and the United States… San Francisco Bay Area:  https://miparentscouncil.org/schools/ United States:  https://miparentscouncil.org/us-schools/

  • Chinese facts: Worldwide, about 40 million people are learning Mandarin, China’s official spoken language and its most common dialect. http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/03/24/business/yuan.php Nearly 100,000 foreigners went to China to study Mandarin in 2006, more than twice the number five years earlier. http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/03/24/business/yuan.php

  • The second Chinese Language Conference was held in San Francisco March 14 – 16, 2008. Its theme was “Advancing the K-12 pipeline” and it focused on K-12 students Mandarin, both in immersion and more traditional classes. The conference was held by the CAIS (Chinese American International School) Institute, which was created to support Chinese studies…