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To: Haim R. Branisteanu who wrote (107875)	10/8/2014 8:21:50 AM
From: Julius Wong	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 217906

My understanding is that Mandarin is mainly spoken in the north v. Cantonese in the south of China You are right. ****** Standard Chinese, also known as Mandarin, Putonghua and Guoyu, is a standardized variety of Chinese. en.wikipedia.org

To: Haim R. Branisteanu who wrote (107875)	10/8/2014 5:09:14 PM
From: TobagoJack	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217906

mandarin is spoken just about everywhere in china, and cantonese is only used in guangdong province (admittedly sporting population of france+), hong kong and macau should a scientist only be able to speak in cantonese, he best write everything out when he converses w/ his peers from non-cantonese speaking regions of china same same for shanghainese, fukienese, hunanese, etc etc so, for a student, he best learn everything in mandarin unless he is forced by circumstances to learn in cantonese in hong kong, for those unable to attend private schools, cantonese is the teaching language, because the teacher's union mandate so, and so the kids are at a severe disadvantage from the get-go in guangdong province, where the folks speak mostly in cantonese, the kids are taught in mandarin should the kids in the majority in hong kong wish to have a future outside of very small hong kong, they best know mandarin and english cold, else condemned by the system