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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Agree with 11:48 completely. [/quote]

me too. but it doesn’t answer the question:  [u]why Mandarin[/u]?[/quote]

I guess the answer would be "why not Mandarin"?    The English language is too well entrenched in the world for Mandarin to take over as the language of business.  You can thank the British for that one.  However, I could see how it could be helpful if you end up traveling to China on business to speak to the cabdrivers, waitstaff, etc.. But as people have posted, English is more widely used, and will probably continue to be in the future, for any high level business meeting.  However, I work for a multi-national company and have conference calls with people from all over the world.  We speak English in the meetings, but most of the Asian coworkers don't speak English as fluently, so it would be great if I knew some of the East Asian languages just because it would make the meeting a lot easier.  I don't think I could conduct the entire meeting in that language, but it would be helpful.  [/quote]

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