Xinjiang Universities To Offer Urdu, Farsi Classes
Muhammad Rameez Published March 27, 2017 | 03:05 PM
BEIJING (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 27th Mar, 2017 ) March 27 (APP): Two universities in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region will add urdu and Farsi to their undergraduate curriculum.
Shihezi University and Xinjiang Normal University based in Urumqi are setting up Urdu and Farsi departments respectively and start enrolling students nationwide this summer, a Shihezi University press release on Monday said.
Urdu is the official language of Pakistan. In 2013, China and Pakistan started to build the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, a 3,000-km network of roads, railways and pipelines linking Xinjiang's Kashgar and southwest Pakistan's Gwadar Port.
Farsi is the official language in Iran and Tajikistan, and a major language in Afghanistan. Currently only six universities in China offer Farsi as a major, producing less than 500 people proficient in the language, Xinjiang's increasing cooperation in trade and counter-terrorism with Farsi-speaking countries requires more advanced Farsi language learners, it said. APP/asg/sho
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