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The article examines the main approaches to creating modern foreign language courses. The authors analyze different approaches to teaching Chinese in Russia and abroad. The presented results were obtained when implementing an educational project of the Higher School of Economics “Speak Up”. Taking into account the results, the authors selected the methodological approach that suits the purpose of the course best of all. These approaches were effectively combined in the course “Practice of Oral Communication in Chinese”, mainly aimed at developing students' communicative competence.

In article discussed the process of a transformation of Shanghai community This paper shows that for the proper understanding of the process of a transformation in Shanghai community it is highly important to emphasize the synthesis of Eastern and Western culture and to reveal the impact of foreign investments on the social and economic life of citizens in this period. From this perspective, we suggest that there was a significant effect resulted in social changes both within the Chinese citizens and Shanghailanders.