CREATING UNDERSTANDING
In September 2017, Hugo de Burgh opened the first and only Chinese-English bilingual immersion school in Europe in central London. After over four years, the unusual institution now caters to approximately 90 students, who study half their classes in Chinese and the other half in English.
“I set up Kensington Wade because I want future generations of British children to be at ease with Chinese culture and language,” de Burgh, the Walt Disney Chair in Global Media and Communications at Schwarzman College of Tsinghua University, told Beijing Review.
As China’s influence has increased in recent years—both economically and politically—the importance of learning Chinese and understanding Chinese culture has been recognized in many countries.
