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An understanding of ‘China English’ and the learning and use of the English language in China

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 October 2006

Cui Xiaoxia
Affiliation:
Department of Foreign Languages of Yunnan University of Finance and Economics in China

Abstract

Some perspectives from an English educator. Since the implementation of the policy of reform and opening up, and China's entry into the World Trade Organization (WTO), China has been gaining strength quickly in the international, political, and economic arena. Globalization has led to China taking part in varous kinds of international cooperation and exchange. At the same time, globalization and the Internet have been providing a novel context in which to use English as an international language. Under such circumstances, the Chinese are using more English than ever before, and China English is being simultaneously localized and globalized. Like any other language, China English is a living entity or organism that is not only growing and progressing in the ‘Information Age’, but is also making a contribution that is enriching and developing world Englishes at large. Indeed, China English now plays a significant role in increasing international understanding and cooperation within the WTO and in the whole world.

Type
Original Article
Copyright
2006 Cambridge University Press

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