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striking deals with Chinese businesses is now the top priority for every British company that wants to stay ahead in global trade . Now schools in the United Kingdom want to give their students a head start by teaching them Mandarin ---and they are making it compulsory .
Brighton College is a fee paying private school on the south coast of Britain and already teaches Latin,Spanish and French to its 1200 pupils. Students can choose between these languages , but from to autumn ,which is the beginning of the new academic year in British schools , every student must study Mandarin whether they like it or not.
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The cast and crew of British movies will no longer be hailed as the underdogs at awards ceremonies. At the recent 81st Oscars ceremony , British actors and movies won no less than 11awards .
The list of Oscar winners is usually dominated by American films and actors but 2009 has seen a more international flavour to the ceremony . British actors and actresses have long awaited such global recognition . Kate Winslet was nominated six times for an Oscar before she eventually won the Best Actress award at this year's ceremony.
Slumdog Millionaire lived up to its status as a global success and movie phenomenon . The low-budget movie swept the board winning eight Oscars , including Best Director and Best Picture. The movie, which documents the life of a young Indian boy after he wins a TV game show , has definitely helped to raise the profile of the British film industry.
Summarising the national feeling , British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown,issued a statement saying "britain is showing it has the talent to lead the world".
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It might seem like an unlikely match--an ancient institution getting to grips with cutting edge technology --but the British royal family has been active online for more than a decade.
They launched their own website in 1997 . The Queen's Christmas message is available as a podcast , and a year ago the official Royal Channel was launched on YouTube , showing videos of the family at work .
Royal watchers describe the 82 year old Queen as a silver surfer--someone who's enthusiastic about th internet and who keeps in touch with younger members of her family by email.
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This weekend , around 35000 runners filled the streets of London , running the 26th annual London Marathon . The course is 26.2miles long (42km), and goes past many of London's landmarks , such as the Tower of London , the famous 19th century ship Cutty Sark , the Houses of Parliament and Buckingham Palace . The runners actually run over Tower Bridge.
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Oxford and Cambridge are the oldest and most famous universities in Britain , and there has always been a great rivalry between the two institutions . But the most pu
blic competition between the two is the annual Boat Race . The 206 Boat Race will take place on 2nd April , and will be the 152nd race of its ki