http://chinesesphere.com/blog Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:51:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I read this article in New York Times a few month back and did not get time to comment on it, here is the link to the article: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/21/education/21chinese.html?hp  Article states, "Among America’s approximately 27,500 middle and high schools offering at least one foreign language, the proportion offering Chinese rose to ... http://chinesesphere.com/blog/2010/03/11/foreign-languages-fade-in-class-%e2%80%94-except-chinese/ We have seen Chinese influence in fashion, furniture, home decor, and mall shops' window displays.  Now it is fachionable to learn Chinese even on the top university campuses globally.   One of our students is attending UCLA, she was telling me, Chinese classes are the hotest on campus, they are ... http://chinesesphere.com/blog/2010/03/09/learning-chinese-is-fashionable/ Read an article on WSJ, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203946904574302052610981892.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEForthNews#articleTabs%3Darticle I think it is way pass the time to educate the companies about the basic of entering the Chinese market place, I was a consultant and taking large multinationals to China 15 years ago.  If any company still do not know all of those basic things ... http://chinesesphere.com/blog/2009/11/30/before-heading-to-china/ I was in Tianjin, P.R. China last month, there is no sign of recession anywhere to be found. The restaurants are packed, I have visited more than 10 restaurants, none of them are empty in anyway.  Shopping malls are full, the high end, low end and mid range are packed with ... http://chinesesphere.com/blog/2009/11/16/what-recession-in-china/ read an article on Fortune http://money.cnn.com/2009/10/07/news/international/china_natural_resources.fortune/index.htm There are many advantages of speaking Chinese, even better if you can read and write Chinese.  While the global economic crisis is continuing into its 3rd year soon, the Chinese market has been growing again since the second quarter of 2009.  One of our students ... http://chinesesphere.com/blog/2009/10/13/learn-the-language-of-your-customers-and-bankers/ I am working on marketing material for www.chineseschool.com, and tumble upon this quote by Confucius: It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop  Learning Chinese or any other languages is a slow process, as long as you do not stop, you will achieve the results ... http://chinesesphere.com/blog/2009/09/14/it-does-not-matter-how-slowly-you-go-so-long-as-you-do-not-stop-confucius/ My son is 10 years old.  He has been learning Chinese ever since he started talking (10 months).  Yet, learning Chinese while living in United States has been a challenge even for a kid with a Chinese speaking mother.  We tried parent teaching for a few years, and weekend Chinese ... http://chinesesphere.com/blog/2009/01/12/best-way-to-learn-chinese-private-online-classes/ English - I love you Afrikaans - Ek het jou lief Albanian - Te dua Arabic - Ana behibak (to male) Arabic - Ana behibek (to female) Armenian - Yes kez sirumen Bambara - M'bi fe Bangla - Aamee tuma ke bhalo aashi Belarusian - Ya tabe kahayu Bisaya - Nahigugma ako kanimo Bulgarian - Obicham te Cambodian - Soro lahn ... http://chinesesphere.com/blog/2008/04/14/how-to-say-i-love-you-in-100-languages/ As China rises on the global business stage, more people want to learn the Chinese language. Currently,  two writing systems-traditional and simplified Chinese-are widely used in various parts of the world. Traditional Chinese, which has existed for more than 2,000 years, is written in Taiwan and Hong Kong. Learn Chinese language ... http://chinesesphere.com/blog/2008/04/14/how-to-learn-chinese-in-a-fun-and-interesting-way/ Reason 1 – The People's Republic of China currently boasts the fastest growing economy in the world and is widely regarded as the potentially biggest global market in the twenty-first century. With China joining the WTO, it has created huge demands for a greater understanding and trading with the world's ... http://chinesesphere.com/blog/2008/04/11/5-top-reasons-you-should-learn-chinese-as-a-second-language/