Chinese has become a prominent language among the business-class because...
By suchi60
@suchi60 (912)
India
September 17, 2009 10:29pm CST
Chinese is a language that is being taught and learnt by many today because of China's growing economic condition. While I see that many websites offer translations in Chinese too, there is no such mention of Hindi, the national language of India. Is this because of the limited opportunities which India offer to the global business community, or is it because people are comfortable speaking in English here?
3 responses
@satan88 (584)
• United States Minor Outlying Islands
18 Sep 09
well i'm a chinese person born and raised in canada. i live in an area where the chinese outnumber the other ethnicities so i see a lot of chinese business's here. maybe it's because there are more chinese immigrants than hindi one's?
@studychinese (8)
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27 Oct 09
if you have some questions in studying Chinese or mandarin, the following website will be some useful: http://www.stupidvideos.com/profile/landscapechina
@Simon1223 (903)
• China
3 Oct 09
English has different position in China and India. In China, English is just a compulsory subject which is learned by students in school. After graduation, most Chinese people seldom use English in their lives. But in India, English is one of the official languages and actually plays the role of common language because many people who live in Southern India could not speak Hindi. So many wesites don't offer Hindi version for they think that educated Indian people could understand English without any obstacles. Nobody would ignore the potential of India. Proficiency in English is one of the advantages India has over China.
