Mr Gang says English now dominates as the foreign language of choice and the only one required by the Chinese Ministry of Education.

申钢说，如今英语成为学习外语的首选语种，也是唯一一门经中国教育部规定的外语必修课。

"French, German, Japanese, Russian, Spanish and others – these languages are regarded as third languages, but English is always second."

"法语、德语、日语、俄语和西班牙语等等，这些语言被视为第三语言，而英语一直是第二语言。"

He says young people have started to mix Chinese and English as "kind of a fashion trend". The term "nihao are you?" – a fusion of the English greeting with the Chinese nihao – is commonly used in Beijing, especially to address foreigners, after it was popularised by a Radio China International announcer.

他表示，年轻一族开始把中、英文混杂作为"一种潮流"。现在北京有种说法十分流行，尤其是在和外国人讲话时被广泛使用，那就是："nihao are you?"，其中将英文问候语与中文"你好"融合起来，该说法此前曾被中国国际电台的一位播音员大力推广。

Mr Taojun, who prefers the name Daniel while in Australia, is studying translation and interpretation as a third-year student at Sichuan International Studies University.

在澳大利亚，王陶钧更喜欢用丹尼尔这个英文名字，他现在在四川外语学院读大三，专攻翻译与口译。

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