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[quote=Anonymous]I'm not sure that it's possible to forecast which language will be more useful when your children are at the peak of their careers, 30 years from now.

I was in college in the 80's.  Tons of my peers learned Japanese, but then two years later, the Japanese economy tanked, they came home, and they don't use their Japanese at all.  The poli sci nerds I knew learned Russian, anticipating many more years of the Cold War.  Oops. China trades a lot now, but large countries don't tend to trade much, so as China's incomes increase, they too will begin to consume more services (education, healthcare, housekeeping, insurance, banking), which don't tend to be traded across borders as much.  Besides, you are in the US, and there will always be native speakers of CHinese, if that's what employers want.

Learning another language builds neuron connections, enables you to speak to people outside your social circle, and helps you to understand the structure of your native language better. Either one will be fine for those purposes.[/quote]

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