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Wed, 01 Jan 2025 18:51:56 -0800
whiteguyinchina from private IP, post
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Why China is losing interest in English Learning the world’s lingua franca is
no longer a priority for students or businessmen
https://www.economist.com/china/2024/12/12/why-china-is-losing-interest-in-english?utm_campaign=a.io_fy2425_q4_conversion-cbdr-sub_warm_nam-us_direct_mobile&utm_medium=digital-display.external-content.pd&utm_source=taboola-taboola&utm_content=conversion.content-retargeting.non-subscriber.content_staticnative_np-chinaenglish-n-jan_na-na_article_1x1_na_na_na&utm_term=sa.rt-websub-180d&utm_id=taq41041&utm_source=taboola&utm_medium=referral&tblci=GiCNdnukvQKIsCKYtOC0GpGFvdbMaSuaVADMtCqNUGvRgiCGm2Uo1M-N6qThkf7sATDdkD4#tblciGiCNdnukvQKIsCKYtOC0GpGFvdbMaSuaVADMtCqNUGvRgiCGm2Uo1M-N6qThkf7sATDdkD4
About 7 years late, this was news in like 2018
Fri, 03 Jan 2025 04:26:17 -0800
Andy from
private IP
Reply #12743007 Jesus, can they have a shorter
link that doesn't break my code? Lol.
Fri, 03 Jan 2025 09:40:35 -0800
zerosugar
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Reply #13326178 It seems China was never a top
country for English proficiency. At their highest, they were like 38 out of 116
from what I have researched. Some countries are just like that. Plus, it's such
a large country that you can become wealthy just within China and you may never
have to learn English unless you do business outside of China. Even if you do
business in the West or other Asian countries, you can likely get by with
translators and many will just do business with others who speak their language.
I don't think less Chinese learning English downplays the importance of English
as a universal language. I do like to think about how Europe would be different
if Esperanto rather than English were the universal language. I noticed Dutch
speak English perfectly with no accent. I also noticed English is more common in
many Middle Eastern countries than in Southern Europe. Many Lebanese speak
English perfectly and even know American slang.
Fri, 03 Jan 2025 16:38:06 -0800
whiteguyinchina from private IP
Reply #11885528 I know andy lol not sure what
happened there
China is closing the door, that is the main takeaway
It's not being replaced with Russian or swahili
Sun, 05 Jan 2025 00:45:46 -0800
Wily from
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Reply #10759966 More $ for me since the 1% in
China will still be sending their kids to US/UK/Europe, but their parents still
won't be able to talk in English to teachers and guidance counselors. And even
less likely to have a US bank account to make payments given the general door
closing.
There's so much advantage just to having Mandarin-speaking customer service on
WeChat and bank accounts able to accept yuan. Even for US-based clients, whose
parents are real happy to chat with our bilingual staff and send over rambos to
me.
Sun, 05 Jan 2025 23:21:28 -0800
whiteguyinchina from private IP
Reply #11704759 Yea ok how's that RMB devaluation
treating you champ? I hope to find out in the next year of whatever animal it is
now
Mon, 06 Jan 2025 12:45:24 -0800
smollaw from
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Reply #16886060 hey wily are foreigners
(specifically americans) also subject to capital flight restrictions that
chinese nationals are? separately, do you guys have hukuo, or is that only for
actual citizens (i.e. not for permanent residents)?
Mon, 06 Jan 2025 18:06:11 -0800
Wily from
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Reply #19218870 I just hope it HOALDS at 7.5
rambos / $ by end of 2025. House hunting in the US is pretty painful if it
doesn't.
Smollaw, as long as income is properly taxed in China there are no real limits
for foreigners' transfers. For Chinese nationals it's $50k USD per year, and
it's just easier to use them if one has friends / relatives who are able to make
the transfer, which is pretty much no questions asked.
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