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Does china accept french as the international languge of diplomacy or do they use english and chinese languages for thier official foriegn affairs discussions ?

I am born in china so I already know how to speak chinese fluently. I just need to learn how to write. I’m currently going to take Chinese 101 in college and I was thinking about taking Japanese aswell my second semester.
I heard that the hardest part of learning Chinese is pronunciation (easy part for [...]

After watching the breathtaking opening of the Bejing Olympics, One could not help but notice that China showed the world that they have arrived on the world stage, with a party not even Hollywood A-list stars could rival. This brings me to my question China showed the world just what the are capable of, they [...]

Hi everyone,
So,I have a mini-fashion show in my school and I have to represent China by wearing traditional clothes and I would love to say something about China in chinese!!Do you all know any site that may translate and give me the pronunciation of what I have translated?I’d love if you all can give [...]

Does it prove that Xinjiang is stolen by China.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altaic_languages
Because they don’t have any commonality with Mandarin language of China and they culture is also different?

My job (which i dont want to put on an open website, just because I am terrified of those weird people who stalk others using FB or stuff) is going to take me over to China for three months every year, and I just wondered what the easiest way to learn Chinese is. Does that [...]

im English educated chinese guy and i dont know how to read or write but i know how to speak mandarin. what i afraid is that chinese language will be the international language soon as china is getting greater and better. i already feel upset that i dont know chinese and i heard from a [...]

im English educated chinese guy and i dont know how to read or write but i know how to speak mandarin. what i afraid is that chinese language will be the international language soon as china is getting greater and better. i already feel upset that i dont know chinese and i heard from a [...]

I live in China and most of the games have been translated into Chinese. I can’t read the text in these games. Is it possible that the original English version is still included somewhere? If so, how can I change it to use the English text?

Iam going to learn Chinese Mandarin for school as a elective. I was wondering if I go to china or Japan or someplace like that I can talk to the locals speaking mandarin? I also wan’t to understand japanese or chinese tv shows and music! So my question is what is the primary language that [...]

Ok, Thousands of our volunteers will be taking out procession in front of Chinese embassies in Europe and elsewhere on 1st of October to demand the end to unjust and cruel rule of China in Tibet and East Turkestan.
We need to write placards in Mandarin Language, as we are given to understand that any message [...]

I wish to invite the student from China for studying the Chinese language

im English educated chinese guy and i dont know how to read or write but i know how to speak mandarin. what i afraid is that chinese language will be the international language soon as china is getting greater and better. i already feel upset that i dont know chinese and i heard from a [...]

Do you think the Chinese language will be a neccesity in the future?
After watching the breathtaking opening of the Bejing Olympics, One could not help but notice that China showed the world that they have arrived on the world stage, with a party not even Hollywood A-list stars could rival. This brings me to my [...]

i think if chinese mandarin will a 1 language to level global they need to teach the language in china because in china 30% of the people don’t speak mandarin,example hong kong’s people speak chinese cantones so!!! what do you think

what do you think i heard some people said that but if we study about the english in many conutries is the second language around the wordl and the chineses is a language tone so you can say 1 word like 4 differents forms and each tone mean different thing.and you can image the chinese [...]

I am learning chinese language.which course should i do with this( chinese)language so that i could get oppotunities to work in china?I am Indian, residing in New Delhi.

What job opportunities can a mandarin speaker get? what are the main parts of china that speak mandarin? Why should i learn mandarin?

i m learning mandarin right now and i want to know whether people in China write in pinyin or actual mandarin chinese characters?

I’m doing a report for myMandarin Chinese class. The thing is, i love J-Pop and J-rock, but don’t know a single Chinese rock band ( if there really no similiarities between the two, i apologize. I’m an idiot Give me some awesome rock bands from Hong Kong, Taiwan, or any place in [...]

Although i never asked them, I have a few friends of non Asian decent and are over the age of 25, have managed to more or less master Chinese pronunciation. Meaning the speak Chinese with no accent.
One guy speak Chinese with a north eastern accent, the other two with a Taiwanese accent.
I studied [...]

I know that Chinese (in all its dialects, whether Mandarin, Cantonese, etc.) is very difficult for native English-speakers to learn particularly because the tonal system makes a word have different meanings.
For instance, the word "tianming" means both "sunrise" and "Mandate of Heaven", but it’s pronounced in different tones to differentiate the two meanings.
How do tone-deaf [...]

I want to buy a Hand Sanitiser. I am in China these days. Its really difficult to make them understand. Can anyone help me with the Chinese language ?
They do not understand the word "Sanitiser"

mandarin is a language from china..
gimme correct answer for 10 pointss and if possible gimme the website..

I just don’t understand why people regard Mandarin as such an important language. Sure, it’s the most spoken language in the world, but outside of China, where else would you use it? If you got stuck anywhere in the world, chances are Mandarin won’t help…

How to invite the student from China to itself on a visit. The purpose-studying of the Chinese language.

I took Spanish in high school, but I don’t really enjoy it. I either want to take French, Mandarin or Arabic next year. I will probably be a businessman so I am wondering which language will be the most useful? China is a rapidly growing power, so I thought Mandarin may be useful, but on [...]

People from Hong Kong speak Cantonese, but so do people from other parts of China. BUt what makes the Cantonese dialect from Hong Kong so different from the common Cantonese language?
PLease include slangs if available/posssible.

I am new to the New Orleans area and would like to start a meeting group for a adults (junior/high school students with their parents okay too) who would like to practice Mandarin Chinese on a beginner/intermediate level. Lived in China for a year and want to maintain and improve my language proficiency.