Euroasia: Language, Culture and Travel

DID YOU KNOW?

• China is Australia’s largest two-way trading partner.
• In 2008 there were 66,000 Chinese nationals studying in Australia, the largest contingent of Australia’s international student population.
• Only 2.5% of Australian year 12 students study Chinese, and 94% of them are first language speakers

Source: Asia Education Foundation (2009) “An Australian curriculum for the 21st century”, winter 2009.