News: Beijing Language and Culture University Student Now Professor of Chinese

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Former BLCU student Misbah Rashid, who is now an assistant professor of the Department of Chinese at the National University of Modern Languages in Islamabad, spoke to China Daily about the growing importance of Mandarin in a report published Monday.

"There is a growing number of Chinese enterprises running businesses here," Rashid told China Daily. "Cross-border trade is thriving there, and Mandarin skills are needed."

She explained: "I spent four years as an undergraduate student at Beijing Language and Culture University and another two years studying for a master's degree at Peking University in Beijing."

Meanwhile, Shameel Farhan, a security officer in Pakistan and student at Rashid's university, said: "You see, China is the fastest growing economy nowadays in every part of life in every field. We are a neighbouring country of China, so we should learn how China developed so quickly."

To read the full China Daily article, click here.

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