Xinhua – Guo Yina, Liu Shuai, and Xia Lin 
More and more young generation in the United States adopt Mandarin as the must-learn foreign language, a practical choice which may facilitate building their China-related careers in the future, and on the other hand reflects the power augmentation of the eastern country. Mandarin has become the fourth largest foreign language learnt by primary and middle school students in the U.S., coming after Spanish, French and German, said the American Councils for International Education (ACIE) in a census report released in June.(more)