Americans Slowly Wakening to the New World Re-ordering
September 7th, 2006 | by This is China! |“I’ve never been to China,” said Ms. Friend, a single mother who is retired.
She added that she considered China central to the future of global economics, saying, “I think China will rule the banking world in my children’s lifetime, and I want them to be able to participate in that if they want to.”
Check out this fascinating article in the New York Times, 6 September 2006. Middle- and upper-middle class parents in America are beginning to realize the world for their children will not be the same world as today’s with China’s economic ascendancy. So the last two years has seen a dramatic increase in the number of requests from American families looking for Chinese au pair to tutor their children in Chinese language.
“Au Pair in America, the 20-year-old agency that sponsored the two young women in Connecticut, had received no requests for Chinese au pairs until 2004, said Ruth Ferry, the program director. Since then, it has had 1,400.”
Always happy to see people thinking about the world around us, how it’s changing, and how to make contributions to it.
William Dodson
Suzhou, China
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