| I still stick with the idea of learning chinese. Yes, spanish may seem more useful than chinese because of the % of hispanics here, but understand that by virtue of the simple fact that hispanics are living in the US (whose official language IS English), hispanics are forced to pick up English to some degree. You really can't be self sufficient in the US without English. Besides, you really don't need that much spanish to survive (Donde esta el bano? doesn't strike me as that hard to memorize).
True, many Chinese are learning English, but if you were to learn Chinese you would demonstrate an appreciation for their language. They would be more inclined to do business with you, be more flexible in deals, etc. Not to mention the advantage you'd have in job searches. From what I've seen, most bilingual people applying for jobs in the US are spanish speakers. How many Chinese speakers do you see? Less competition.
Lastly, there are more than twice as many Chinese speakers as Spanish. The ability to communicate with 1/6 of the world is astounding in itself. |