the first language

i never heard of this from anyone except you.. i respect your nationalism.. but never try to enforce things on people.. that's the worst part which can happen.. in this world

don't be so pround with your country. no one will really put china in their eyes here expect our chinese. or you should chat with americans by typing chinese on a chinese forum instead of mylot!

English is the only language that i know, and it will probably be the only one that i will ever know. I have never traveled out side the US so i never had the need to learn another language.

It's true that Chinese plays more and more important role in the world. More and more people learn Chinese for different reasons. But by conparison to English, Chinese is still a regional language which is only spoken in Great China areas. The influence of Chinese in other continents is still very limited. And it's a fact that many foreigners feel it difficult to learn Chinese for it's quite different from Western languages. What we'd better do is to help them, not to say words like "you will be out if you can't speak Chinese".

I'm a Chinese ,and I think chinese is the most beautiful language.

It still has a long way to go befor chinese become a universally accepted language.Except some sinologists,few people in western counties have a sound mastery of Chinese.

I would very much like to learn Chinese, there are lots of chinese communities around the world. I hope I will have the opportunity as I personally like the language. Nevertheless, I would not go to the extent of saying that if one doesn't know chinese, he will be out. I think that's a little too much and impossible. enjoy!

maybe Chinese wants to become the first language in this world,it's still need a long way to go, this also need to increase our comprehensive national strength and paly more important roles in this world...There are the largest population of our world to speak Chinese, but it's not the most important language in this world...so wish our country stronger and stronger....

Hey, I'm also from China, I'm glad that more and more people learning Chinese.But frankly speaking, I don't think people are out if they cannot speak Chinese. And as you know, even many Chineses around the world, and they all speak Chinese, but in fact, there are so many dialects all called Chinese. They are quite different! Chinese abroad, maybe means Cantonese in fact. Anyway, I'm glad to make friends who like Chinese! And hope it will be more convenient speaking Chinese in other regions besides in China.

right! i can't agree with you more! but in the other hand,Chinese is too hard to learn for any foreigners!It is really a time and energy consuming work.

I am so happy for our chinese being the frist language together with English,I think it still need time to realize it even though our country play an important status around the world.A good desire anyway...

No! You may be make another wrong, I suggest you to introduce some Chinese custom, it will work to your company!Fighting!

hi,my friend,I'm chinese,I am proud that we are chinese.chinese language is broad and profound.Now china is playing an increasingly larger role in the world.chinese must become the first language together with english.