Your reason(s) for learning an east-asian language?

[MrMoney]

Thank you, this helped alot I hope to learn some spanish one day! My dream is to be able to speak French, Spanish & German to some degree

 

[tnk351]

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Cuz i live there.

 

[Tong Haiwu]

Hi guys,

I recently read what languages many of the cubers on this forum know/have knowledge of.

The thing that struck me the most is how so many people want to learn some Chinese/Korean/Japanese/Thai/Vietnamese. How come, guys?

I at not criticizing you, I just cannot grasp why learn a language of a country you can maybe visit very little in your life. If I were to learn chinese and try to speak with Chinese in my community, sure they would be impressed, but just as soon they would call me a white dog. If I speak turkish with Turks on the street, they love it at show great respect. Why learn something that is soooo far away in culture and mannerism?

Thanks

As a Chinese, I want to learn English well because even in China, many good jobs (some multinational companies) require fluent English.
By the way, those Chinese who speak white dogs on the Internet are very impolite. Most Chinese are still very humble, especially young people who have received higher education.