在美国新泽西州一所周末中文学校当老师的美籍华人张淑莹(音译),对亚裔美国人最近表现出的“中文热”大感意外。不仅韩国人、巴基斯坦人和印度人,甚至日本人都希望子女学中文。“真是难以想像,那些条件比我们好得多的日本人都在学汉语。”她说。美籍华人在美国的影响力迅速扩大。像斯坦福大学和加州大学伯克利分 Zhang Shuying, a Chinese-American who is a teacher at a weekend Chinese school in New Jersey, was surprised by the recent “Chinese fever” that Asian-Americans have shown. Not only Koreans, Pakistanis and Indians, but also Japanese even want their children to learn Chinese. “It’s hard to imagine that Japanese people who are much better off than us are learning Chinese.” "She said. The Chinese-American influence in the United States has rapidly expanded. Like Stanford and UC Berkeley