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Thread: Will Chinese become a "lingua franca"?
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[quote=FAERIEQUEENE,247325]Certainly, the Chinese language tends to spread internationally. It is becoming a choice in high school foreign language curriculum in some western and eastern countries, and there are more and more adult learners of the Chinese language for business and travel. It remains however a tendency to respond to the increasing weight of international commerce and trade with that part of the world. Beyond this need, I doubt if the Chinese language should become a lingua franca in places beyond Taiwan, Hongkong, Macau and Singapore where there are strong presence of ethnical Chinese native speakers. Furthermore it has little role to play in diplomacy and IT. Of course there are other individual motivations… the language fascinates many to challenge and master it… for apparent personal reasons… [/quote]
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