GHANA (ACCRA) – More than 300 Ghanaian students on Tuesday received the Chinese Ambassador Scholarships for their proficiency in the Chinese language. The winners included students from the Confucius Institutes in three Ghanaian universities as well as learners from basic and secondary schools. Speaking at the awards ceremony, Chinese Ambassador to Ghana Tong Defa said that the Chinese language is becoming popular among Ghanaian students, with more and more young locals getting to know China and going global by learning Chinese. “The purpose of establishing this scholarship is to encourage Ghanaian students to better learn Chinese language and culture and inject new vitality into the educational and cultural exchanges and cooperation between China and Ghana,” Tong said. The ambassador told the students that learning Chinese would bring them more opportunities in the future, as many of them would also become civilian ambassadors of Ghana to China and contribute to deepening the bilateral relations between the two countries….[+]

Photo: Tong Defa, Chinese Ambassador to Ghana, presents an award to a Ghanaian student at the awards ceremony in Accra, Ghana. (Xinhua)