Zhang Xinsheng, Chinese Vice Minister of Education, addresses
the opening of the first Chinese Teaching Conference in Bangkok,
capital of Thailand, January 11, 2006. About 1,000 delegates of
educational circles from Thailand attended the conference, which
aimed at promoting the Chinese language teaching and learning in
the country.
A Thai pupil shows Chinese calligraphy outside the meeting place
of the first Chinese Teaching Conference in Bangkok, capital of
Thailand, January 11, 2006.
A Thai teacher looks at various Chinese teaching materials
outside the meeting place of the first Chinese Teaching Conference
in Bangkok, capital of Thailand, January 11, 2006.
(Xinhua News Agency January 12, 2006)