Rich and famous families teach their kids Mandarin as China's influence grows (www.abc.net.au)
from schizoidman@lemmy.zip to world@lemmy.world on 03 Jul 15:12
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richardisaguy@lemmy.world on 03 Jul 16:36 next collapse

I’m learning madarim after having english as my second language for a few years now, it’s really good for my brain

marxismtomorrow@lemmy.today on 03 Jul 16:39 next collapse

Mandarin gives you access to half the world’s GDP production and almost a quarter of its population. Next to English its by far the most valuable language to learn.

graphito@sopuli.xyz on 03 Jul 16:51 next collapse

It’s like violin classes. Safe but challenging enough to show off to other rich cats.

If kids don’t plan to work at the mainland, chances are they will never speak at the level and environment where it’s good use of everyone’s time.

Meanwhile, Chinese would rather you speak English. They probably know English better than clueless foreigner knows their language mindset.

OldChicoAle@lemmy.world on 03 Jul 16:52 next collapse

Lol trump isn’t teaching anyone anything

who@feddit.org on 03 Jul 17:00 collapse

Meanwhile…

reuters.com/…/tibetan-man-dies-after-setting-hims…