Comments on: Learning Chinese http://baires.elsur.org/archives/learning-chinese/ Buenos Aires, City of Faded Elegance Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:58:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Robert http://baires.elsur.org/archives/learning-chinese/comment-page-1/#comment-41 Robert Mon, 08 Aug 2005 22:43:11 +0000 http://baires.elsur.org/archives/learning-chinese/#comment-41 Oh, yeah... but be careful what you wish for. It may come true. Along the way I got a Master's in Chinese Studies (seems like a previous life), & I'm not so sure I'd want China assuming economic superpower status. There are lots of social & psychological issues they need to deal with before taking on such a title. The US certainly doesn't have it right (plenty of unresolved social & psych issues too), but they just might be a step ahead of the Chinese. Who knows? Only time will tell. Oh, yeah… but be careful what you wish for. It may come true. Along the way I got a Master’s in Chinese Studies (seems like a previous life), & I’m not so sure I’d want China assuming economic superpower status. There are lots of social & psychological issues they need to deal with before taking on such a title. The US certainly doesn’t have it right (plenty of unresolved social & psych issues too), but they just might be a step ahead of the Chinese. Who knows? Only time will tell.

]]> By: Jeff http://baires.elsur.org/archives/learning-chinese/comment-page-1/#comment-38 Jeff Mon, 08 Aug 2005 10:01:12 +0000 http://baires.elsur.org/archives/learning-chinese/#comment-38 I wasn't here when Hu Jintao came to town. I was speaking with a friend here just the other night who mentioned (without having seen my post) that she knew someone who was learning Chinese. Also, my girlfriend knows someone who works for an organization that is focused just on promoting trade between Argentina and China. It all reminds me of a comment from a friend of mine in the US when he said that he "would be glad when the US is no longer a superpower." I wasn’t here when Hu Jintao came to town. I was speaking with a friend here just the other night who mentioned (without having seen my post) that she knew someone who was learning Chinese. Also, my girlfriend knows someone who works for an organization that is focused just on promoting trade between Argentina and China. It all reminds me of a comment from a friend of mine in the US when he said that he “would be glad when the US is no longer a superpower.”

]]> By: Robert http://baires.elsur.org/archives/learning-chinese/comment-page-1/#comment-37 Robert Mon, 08 Aug 2005 02:33:09 +0000 http://baires.elsur.org/archives/learning-chinese/#comment-37 Did you happen to be living here last November when Hu Jintao came to visit? Everyone went China crazy. In fact, I think they were the first country to give Argentina a substantial loan after the 2002 devaluation/selective default. I had friends tell me that their companies were paying for them to take elementary Chinese classes. An Argentine speaking Chinese? What is the world coming to? :) Did you happen to be living here last November when Hu Jintao came to visit? Everyone went China crazy. In fact, I think they were the first country to give Argentina a substantial loan after the 2002 devaluation/selective default.

I had friends tell me that their companies were paying for them to take elementary Chinese classes. An Argentine speaking Chinese? What is the world coming to? :)

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