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| aquablue Senior Member United States Joined 6382 days ago 150 posts - 172 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: French, Mandarin | Message 17 of 39 13 September 2011 at 12:16am | IP Logged | ||||||||
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You are leaning towards Mandarin, the logical choice for economic reasons I feel.
However, do you plan to move to China or deal with Chinese people at home in the next 10 years in any capacity? Is China or Taiwan a place you would like to live, or would you prefer the more developed Japan or Korea? Perhaps you should look at these issues, as well as cultural preferences (Food, movies, music, etc) if there is no pressing business need or if you do not know any Chinese people at this time. Just my opinion. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| w1n73rmu7e Newbie United States Joined 5940 days ago 31 posts - 46 votes | Message 18 of 39 13 September 2011 at 3:36am | IP Logged | ||||||||
Edited by w1n73rmu7e on 13 September 2011 at 3:46am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| nway Senior Member United States youtube.com/user/Vic Joined 5415 days ago 574 posts - 1707 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Mandarin, Japanese, Korean | Message 19 of 39 13 September 2011 at 3:49am | IP Logged | ||||||||
His neighbors are Chinese... 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| egill Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5696 days ago 418 posts - 791 votes Speaks: Mandarin, English* Studies: German, Spanish, Dutch | Message 20 of 39 13 September 2011 at 6:38am | IP Logged | ||||||||
It's sometimes easy to miss trivial things like facts with eyes focused so intently between axe and grindstone... Edited by egill on 13 September 2011 at 6:38am 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||||||||
| aquablue Senior Member United States Joined 6382 days ago 150 posts - 172 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French, Mandarin | Message 21 of 39 14 September 2011 at 2:52am | IP Logged | ||||||||
Right Taiwan is similar to Korea. However, from looking at Seoul vs Taipei you wouldn't know that! From what I hear, the infrastructure is the PRC is 1st world, but the software isn't. I.e, laws, regulations, etc. The standards for pollution, food, etc, are lower than Korea, Japan, Taiwan. There is a reason why HK is the finance center for Asian and not Shanghai. Edited by aquablue on 14 September 2011 at 3:12am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| aquablue Senior Member United States Joined 6382 days ago 150 posts - 172 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French, Mandarin | Message 22 of 39 14 September 2011 at 2:53am | IP Logged | ||||||||
What is that supposed to mean? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| aquablue Senior Member United States Joined 6382 days ago 150 posts - 172 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French, Mandarin | Message 23 of 39 14 September 2011 at 2:55am | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Another thing, although Japan has been developed the longest, its architecture or urban
planning is not as progressive or modern as what Seoul is building, yet alone places like Shanghai. However, that might have something to do with the state of the Japanese economy. However, in terms of a good place to live, i think Japan and Singapore are the best in Asia according to the usual studies. In terms of learning the language of what looks like to be a massive economic power that will be going through massive growing pains for years to come and a couple of small wealthy countries, Mandarin would be the best choice and the most exciting one to learn for the future IMO. Korean would be a good choice if you like K-pop and b/c Seoul and Busan are really booming right now with interesting development. However, S. Korea is a small country so it is a very limited use language and very hard to learn if you are not going to be going there or if you don't have Korean community links. Edited by aquablue on 14 September 2011 at 3:04am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| aquablue Senior Member United States Joined 6382 days ago 150 posts - 172 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French, Mandarin | Message 24 of 39 14 September 2011 at 3:05am | IP Logged | ||||||||
Oh, well then just go with Mandarin, the logical choice as I said.! 1 person has voted this message useful |
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