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...China, Japan and the rest of Asia. The firm won't reveal its hand, but Asia "could well be a significant growth area" for PartyGaming, says Richard Hunter, head of U.K. equities at Hargreaves Lansdown Stockbrokers. Plus it would be "a strategic hedge" against a U.S. crackdown. What's Mandarin for dead man's hand...
...World's Business Tool Mandarin's emergence as the second global language after English proves that Asia is on the road to becoming a superpower [June 26]. With the Chinese economy booming, it is no surprise that people all over the world are choosing to study Mandarin. Ritu Awasthi Kanpur, India...
...Ahead, Learn Mandarin" [June 26]: I wish good luck to anyone who is learning Mandarin. Even after several years spent mastering the language, you will be able to communicate well with only people from Beijing. Linguistically, China is complicated and diverse, like Europe. Each province has a major dialect and many subdialects. Imagine Dutch, Danish, English, Welsh, Spanish and Catalan, all being spoken in the same country! For communicating outside northern China, Mandarin is functional only if the natives feel they would benefit from speaking with you. Kwok Kian Cheng Singapore...
...Your story convinced me that Taiwan should also catch up with the trend, not only in learning but also in keeping Mandarin alive. Languages are the communicative bridges and tools among people and countries; they can create mutual understanding, trust and harmony in the global village. Taiwan should join the world in learning Mandarin to maintain and even boost its economic competitiveness and reduce cultural clashes within Taiwan and with China. Song Xiaowen Zhongli City, Taiwan...
...Students of putonghua, or Mandarin Chinese, need to learn not just a romanization system like pinyin but also simplified and complex Chinese characters. While conversational Mandarin can help you get around town, only fluent literacy can lead to an understanding of the Chinese people. Shortly after beginning my study of the language in the U.S. 27 years ago, I discovered that knowing which restroom to use and how to read a menu, a newspaper or (much later) postings on the Internet are critical to fully participating in another culture. And that's not all. Language alone is not enough...