why is learning the chinese language important?

i have to write a paragraph for chinese class on why the chinese language is important and useful. any ideas? please give me serious answers.

Rock bands that play in the language Mandarin Chinese?

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 China. Thank you

why is learning the chinese language important?

i have to write a paragraph for chinese class on why the chinese language is important and useful. any ideas? please give me serious answers.

where can i find a website that allows me to type in chinese pinyin and get chinese characters?

i used to be able to do this on Word languages on my Mac but it broke down...i don't have this function (where you type in like "ni hao" and it comes out with the character choices for you to pick) on my PC. i need to type things out for Chinese class and right now i'm unable to. if you know anything about this, please please help!