The program" China Year in Russia" has ended, but the cultural ties between the two countries grow stronger. "Chinese fever" continues in Russia.
Fifty-year-old Wei Dehan has been studying Chinese culture for thirty years. He was among the first Russians to open a Chinese tea house in Moscow. That was in1995.He also teaches Chinese language and Tai Chi. During" China Year in Russia", he set up a magazine introducing Chinese culture.Itis popular with local readers. In Russia, many schools want young people who can speak Chinese. Young people who are able to speak Chinese language find jobs easily. Some 15-thousand people attend Chinese language classes in Russia. The Confucius Institute(孔子学院), the world-wide Chinese language and culture education center, has been set up in thirteen of Russia's universities and colleges. Besides the language, Chinese way of life is becoming a common factor(因素)in the daily lives of Russian people.
Russian newspaper and magazines praised(称赞)"China Year in Russia" as a timely event. They said that the program deepened(加深) understanding between the people of the two countries. It also opened the way for further culture exchanges.
