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Indeed, many foreign students eventually arrive at the shameful conclusion that the Chinese are mastering English far more quickly than vice versa. “There is no competition!” said Prof Li. “The passion that Chinese have for learning English is much greater. All of our exams, the university exams and the exams for professional certificates judge you on English skills. So unless the rest of the world implements an identical scheme in its schools, Chinese will never manage to penetrate as deeply.