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To: Neocon who wrote (125791)	3/8/2004 5:48:07 PM
From: Bilow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Hi Neocon; Re: " Remember, this was brought up as a point making cooperation among the best minds more difficult, though not impossible." So it is your position that the "best minds" in China are not universally educated to speak Mandarin? Here, take your excellent knowledge of an obscure Chinese dialect and get a job in the electronics manufacturing industry in China: China Jobs English English and Mandarin English and (Chinese) Putonghua English and Mandarin English and (Chinese) Putonghua English and Mandarin English and Mandarin English and Mandarin English and Mandarin English and (Chinese) Putonghua English and Mandarin English and Mandarin English and Mandarin Chinese and English English and Mandarin Mandarin ... English English and Mandarin English and (Chinese) Putonghua English and Mandarin jobs.flextronics.com Flextronics operates all over China: flextronics.com Now I suppose one could argue that the "best minds" in China are so stupid that they're unable to make the relatively easy conversion from their own home language to Mandarin, but I doubt that this is the case. Instead, Mandarin is the lingua franca of China and I doubt that there are many people who could be classified as "best minds" who failed to learn it in school. It would be a hell of a trick to get through college not speaking the language that the classes were taught in. I really don't know how you could miss these facts, when, for example, the Tibetans have been complaining for decades that the Chinese force them to speak in Chinese. Here's some more links: china.org.cn -- Carl P.S. For those who don't know their Chinese dialects, Putonghua is the Chinese word for Mandarin: chineseculture.about.com Also, note that English is fairly common in use in high tech China (though, like the English used in India, it is not really understandable): viatech.com.cn