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@ Dara re: "There will IMHO be opportunities for non-Chinese Mandarin speakers in their home countries."

You are of course entitled to your opinion, but my suspicion has been that this has been very overblown.

By way of comparison, you might want to look at a study conducted 22(?) years ago by Eleanor Jorden, the doyenne of Japanese language teaching in the US, who noted that the vast majority (something like 90%!) of students surveyed with 4 years of Japanese language training under their belts were not employed in capacities or careers where they used their language skills. She was quite saddened at the fact that so much collective energy and industry had been spent in a direction that had proved unproductive for so many students, and maybe even felt a bit guilty about her role in promoting Japanese language education in place of something else that might have proven to be of greater utility.

For my part, I've reluctantly been coming round to the conclusion that "the pony is not in there anywhere," if you get my meaning. This (for me at least somewhat heartbreaking) assessment has gradually evolved over several years considering factors at play on both sides of the Pacific and I've discussed it in greater detail a few times in this forum.

Find something else that you enjoy doing, that you can have a professional practice in, though I'd advocate staying away from law, finance, or medicine these days (at least in the US).

Dec 09, 2012 22;56
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