Following the Second World War and the Korean War, based on its military and political needs, the United States designated Chinese, Japanese, Russian, and Arabic as priority languages, and the US Department of Education provided funding to various American universities to teach these languages.
經歷過二次大戰、韓戰的美國，基於軍事、政治的需要，將中文、日文、俄文和阿拉伯文視為重要語言，美國教育總署並提撥了一筆經費給美國各大學教授這些語言。