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Thread: Will Chinese become a "lingua franca"?
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[quote=APAULT,249917]Nothing is going to replace English as the major international language (excepting extreme situations where a Chinese government dominates the world and demands it) as English is already entrenched and spoken by businessmen, sportsmen and travellers. Given the difficulty of learning Chinese it just won't surpass English. That so many people are learning Chinese as a second language reflects the view that China is becoming the most powerful nation in the world. Sure we might have more people speaking English across the world but it will not be the language of choice when there is a mixed international group. Of course the situation would be a little different if China chooses to give up its character writing (like Korea and Vietnam have done) and switch to pinyin....but that won't happen.[/quote]
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