China rising, but English is still king


Pedestrians walk past commercial buildings illuminated at dusk in the Lujiazui Financial District in Shanghai, China, on Friday, Oct. 13, 2017. A number of economic indicators show stabilized and stronger growth and themomentum of a 6.9 percent expansion in thefirst six months of 2017 may continue in the second half, People’s Bank of China Governor Zhou Xiaochuansaid. Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg

ON Dec 3, The Star published an article, “Sway of the Chinese language”, detailing the rising popularity of learning Chinese.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, US President Donald Trump’s granddaughter and billionaire investor Jim Rogers’ daughter are among some of the famous people or their family members brushing up on their Chinese language skills.

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