However, the dominance of the Us has had one particular impact on China: It has prevented China from having English as its second language. In the 21st century, this was exacerbated when China began reaching out to the world Having only english as a second language will probably become a weakness for the future development of the younger generations To be more specific, in the past five to six years, this lack of language diversity has become an Albatross around china s neck. For example in 2013, China announced it would pursue the belt and road Initiative bri, in an aim to revitalize the ancient silk road However, if one simply makes a cursory examination of the nations along the Belt and Road, very few of these countries are English speaking For the Bri to be successful in these countries, China should and must understand their history culture and traditions the absolute first step to achieve that is for a massive number of chinese to be fluent in the languages of those countries This is where the blessing in disguise" plays out. If Us education shuts its door to Chinese students, they will go to study in other foreign countries and hence learn more second languages According to Xinhua, although the main targets of students studying abroad are still European countries and the us, bri countries have become increasingly appealing for chinese students In 2017, there were 66, 000 Chinese students studying in BRI countries, registering a year-on-year increase of 15.7 percent And it should not be forgotten that europe is poised to be an important player in the bri project. In June the senate of france published a report urging france to actively participate in the bri and use it as an engine for china-France relationsHowever, the dominance of the US has had one particular impact on China: It has prevented China from having English as its second language. In the 21st century, this was exacerbated when China began reaching out to the world. Having only English as a second language will probably become a weakness for the future development of the younger generations. To be more specific, in the past five to six years, this lack of language diversity has become an Albatross around China's neck. For example, in 2013, China announced it would pursue the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), in an aim to revitalize the ancient Silk Road. However, if one simply makes a cursory examination of the nations along the Belt and Road, very few of these countries are English speaking. For the BRI to be successful in these countries, China should and must understand their history, culture and traditions. The absolute first step to achieve that is for a massive number of Chinese to be fluent in the languages of those countries. This is where “the blessing in disguise” plays out. If US education shuts its door to Chinese students, they will go to study in other foreign countries and hence learn more second languages. According to Xinhua, although the main targets of students studying abroad are still European countries and the US, BRI countries have become increasingly appealing for Chinese students. In 2017, there were 66,000 Chinese students studying in BRI countries, registering a year-on-year increase of 15.7 percent. And it should not be forgotten that Europe is poised to be an important player in the BRI project. In June, the Senate of France published a report urging France to actively participate in the BRI and use it as an engine for China-France relations