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The Chinese in the United States are the largest Chinese community in the Western world. ... The three Chinese in her crew were the first recorded Chinese arrivals on American soil. ... California’s Chinese population jumped from about 50 in the late 1840s to more than 25,000 by 1852. And then, more and more Chinese came as students, merchants, servants, circus performers and the like. In the half century after World War II ended, the Chinese population in America grew more than tenfold. ... From the mid -1960s to the mid -1990s, the Chinese population grew to an estimated two million, making it the largest Asian group in America. Nowadays, this new immigrant’s people can get a lot of changes of the status in America, especially the education. In the United States, the people of Chinese immigrants lost the family language when they learn English at school of the United States school; they do not have much pressure for their study or learning; and they can get a lot of benefits to continue their education.
In China, about one-fifth of the world speaks some form of Chinese as their native language. It is common for speakers of Chinese to be able to speak several of the language. Typically in southern China, a person will be able to speak the official Mandarin Chinese, the local dialect, and occasionally either speak or understand anther dialect, such as Cantonese Chinese. ... In addition, most educated Chinese will be able to read to some degree Classical Chinese. ...
The Chinese immigrant children, especially the “ABC” (American Born Chinese), learn English at school, and they do not have a lot of communication with their parents. Therefore, they lose the family language----Chinese. When the whole families immigrate to America, many of the parents just go to work at the Chinese restaurants, because the workers in the restaurant are all Chinese. ... ” However, in most countries, including the United States, Chinese is not a dialect of the official language ----English. ... Although, sometimes they know how to speak their family language, they do not know how to write Chinese. ...
When the Chinese immigrants come to America, they will get more freedom in their education. In China, people will not expect their education have the freedom like in the United States.
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