Ethiopian students embrace Chinese language studies to further professional career
File photo shows students study at a library in the Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia, March 28, 2017. (by Xinhua/Michael Tewelde) ADDIS ABABA, Nov. 14 (Xinhua) -- Twenty-year-old Fozia Ismael is a first-year undergraduate student in the Confucius Institute at Addis Ababa University (AAU). Speaking to Xinhua, Ismael, who is one of 20 Chinese language students, said her decision to abandon her plans to study Political Science and International Relations and instead learn the Chinese language, was taken after hearing about the Confucius Institute and its Ethiopian graduates who went on to have successful professional careers. "Chinese language is becoming a widely spoken language, with 1.3 billion Chinese Mandarin speakers in China and millions of others found in nearly every areas of the world, so it would be very useful to speak Chinese especially in Africa since many Chinese are coming here and they are developing the continent, so it would be ver...