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anonymous
Q: What's the second most popular foreign language to learn in China besides English?
This was discussed recently on these Forums, and if my memory serves me correctly, the kind-of-consesus was that it was French or perhaps Spanish, followed closely by Japanese and maybe even Korean.
Proper decent non-aggressive English?
GuilinRaf:
Aha! A challenge to a duel! Very well Sir, tonight at midnight! You may choose your weapons: pistols, swords, or if you are feeling REALLY brave, a bottle of cheap bei jiu!
GuilinRaf:
OR, we could just share a couple of pints of Guinness.....
lokethebloke:
Where can I find cheaper Guinness? Last time I drank it was at the Commune at the Great Wall at 75 for a small bottle. Very happy to join you if you can find it cheaper.
Based on my experiences, I would have to say Japanese.
GuilinRaf:
I agree, though popular in terms of amount of people taking it. I have yet to meet someone taking Japanese because they love the language or the culture.
I would guess that French would be teh next popular one. I have only met two Spanish speaking Chinese in my six years here, one of whom learned it growing up in Cuba.
The horrid french tongue! Makes women turn to mush but sounds so gay.
Probably French but it would be a lot smarter and useful to learn Spanish since 18% of the world's pipulation speaks it. So if you could speak English, Chinese, and English, you could communicate with 76% of the world's population.
