https://tribune.com.pk/story/2432544/saudi-...sses-in-schools

Saudi Arabia to teach Chinese classes in schools
Fourth period of every Sunday and Monday shall be assigned for teaching Chinese in all secondary schools
APP | August 26, 2023

more than seven million students across saudi arabia returned to schools and universities on august 20 the first day of the new academic year photo app
More than seven million students across Saudi Arabia returned to schools and universities on August 20, the first day of the new academic year. PHOTO: APP

BEIJING:
The education authorities in Saudi Arabia have reportedly instructed all public and private secondary schools to teach two Chinese language classes each week.

Experts said it will have “significant implications” in providing students with opportunities to learn Chinese and experience diverse culture. It also shows the two countries’ increasing communication and cooperation in the field of education.

The fourth period of every Sunday and Monday shall be assigned for teaching Chinese, the Saudi Gazette reported. This is “positive” news for Chinese language education developing in Saudi Arabia, as the schools have welcomed more than seven million students in the new semester, Chen Ming, a professor who teaches Chinese at King Saud University, told the Global Times.

More than seven million students across Saudi Arabia returned to schools and universities on August 20, the first day of the new academic year, according to media reports.

While the Arabic world is also progressing.

The fake Arabs of M'sia want to bring the country back to Zaman Kejahilan.

so meleis gonna complain hilang identity or not? go pilgrimage, being greeting by nihao later...lulz.

And why is this news posted in serious k?

I do wonder whether this apparent shift towards China and things Chinese has something to do with the US’ waning influence in the Middle East.

Not much was made of the peace pact between Saudi and Iran which was brokered by China, but its there, and its real.

At least ppl in Yemen can sleep better now. Anything that good for the global working class means good for everyone except the bourgeoisie (western capitalists & imperialists) and warmonger.

It will takes years for the peace deal to get momentum. At least they can now trade better with each others. After all, they have similar culture. Iran can trade more with them (Sunni-Shia bloc), plus ease a bit of the trade sanctions (by Murica).

I'm more interested to see how the local Malays see this peace deal in Mid East.

https://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...ost&p=107431029



This post has been edited by Meis: Aug 29 2023, 08:20 AM

MBS is pretty respected in the Global South and socialist bloc/fans for his reform.

At least, he is willing to give Uncle Sam and Zionist (Anglo-Zio empire) a good headache.

China’s Saudi-Iran Peace Deal Is a Major Setback for US Empire, w/ Prof. Mohammad Marandi


https://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...ost&p=107431029

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPNn...4iCXKPEkHW5cD48

This post has been edited by Meis: Aug 29 2023, 08:48 AM

My personal opinion is,

Saudi Arabia is very much lacking natural resources like water, river, rain and greenery, except sands and oil

Because of this lacking, they have to be more alert and learn to see things more deeper and further before crisis arrived

Malaysia is a land overloaded with natural resources, most of us only learn to eat, eat and eat, hahaha.

look at the way they build NEOM, you will understand they see things more deeper and further than others due to the lack of natural resources

https://youtube.com/shorts/iJeIVyxp_No?si=8ND3oaQGjtuJmg7I

This post has been edited by Atoz 1 point 1 auto: Aug 31 2023, 10:21 AM

Fair point. But it also takes leaders with courage to initiate the change.

Sadly I don’t see leaders of that caliber back home.

It is no secret that Saudi is trying to diversify its sectors... macam SG.

Saudi = Brunei = diversifying its sectors with PRC helping them. No shit.

Calibre got la. Courage and sincerity to change, don't have. All for show Saja to make majority happy.

Oh, btw, Saudi, UAE and Iran just joined BRICS+

Yes, they need BRICS to progress quickly, de-dollarize, development etc

Saudi especially need progress, their peoples study Chinese language so that they can learn from China directly to modernize their own country

This post has been edited by Atoz 1 point 1 auto: Sep 1 2023, 10:03 PM

If one disengages the baggage of culture and ethnicity thats usually associated with language, then language is exactly what it is, in its essence, a tool to communicate.

And why not arm oneself with an additional tool to communicate?

Latest updates: Not only teach Chinese Madarin in school, Saudi is Reforming, men women can dance together in public now

https://theconversation.com/saudi-reforms-a...-dissent-210537

The crown prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman, or “MBS,” is bringing a new vision of a “moderate, balanced” Saudi Islam by minimizing the role of Saudi religious institutions once seen as critical to the monarchy.

For decades, Saudi kings provided support to religious scholars and institutions that advocated an austere form of Sunni Islam known as Wahhabism. The kingdom enforced strict codes of morality, placing restrictions on the rights of women and religious minorities, among others.

Under MBS, women have been allowed to drive; co-educational classrooms, movie theaters and all-night concerts in the desert – in which men and women dance together – are a new normal.

Scholars Yasmine Farouk and Nathan J. Brown call the diminishing role of Wahhabi religious scholars within Saudi domestic and international policy nothing short of a “revolution” in Saudi affairs.

We might end up being more Saudi then the Saudis themselves.

surprising no himpunan selamatkan saudi is done by their own people there with all this secular ideas introduced, goes to show they are moving forward while malaysia is going the opposite direction

We have. The pronlem is more to peasants. Majority will kick whoever make drastic change. So that is why u can't see change.

PAS states do not represent whole of MY. Saudi is still more conservative than MY.

Please brah.....

Some nice article/video you posted, brah. Thumbs up!