Japan's Foreign Ministry issued a statement Monday using similar language.

日本外务省在星期一发表声明表达了相同立场。

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BLCU was among the first four universities approved by the Ministry of Education in 1985 to offer the TCSOL program, formerly known as the Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language program.

北京语言大学是教育部在1985年公认的首次开设对外汉语教学专业的四所大学之一，以前以作为外语项目的汉语教学而闻名。

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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。

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As in 2006 and 2009, in near-identical language, the foreign ministry expressed "firm opposition" to the test, called on Pyongyang not to provoke further, and urged everyone else to keep calm and carry on.

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