The language of the future - Russian or Chinese?

Agreed.

Learn the language you're interested in; there's no point battling away for several years trying to progress with something you just don't care about.

in the 1980s you couldnt move for management consultants telling you that "if you don't speak japanese you're going nowhere - dont count your chickens children...

So how many management consultants did you meet when you were 2, eh?

Hmm I didn't think Russian either but it seems to me that all the smart people are learning Russian.. I mean all the really really smart people who are doing like 5 A2s.. so I reckon they've got something sussed that I don't know about. Also apparently it's a good business language - while business in China is a bit of a dodgy affair (probably is in Russia too come to think about it..)

Agreed.

Learn the language you're interested in; there's no point battling away for several years trying to progress with something you just don't care about.

I agree. The average person will have absolutely no use for Mandarin whatsoever. However powerful China becomes 99.99% of people will not be spending their careers flying between London and Bejing to conduct complex business transactions requiring fluency in Chinese.

Far better to learn something like Spanish which is pretty easy and fun to use on holiday.

in the 1980s you couldnt move for management consultants telling you that "if you don't speak japanese you're going nowhere - dont count your chickens children...

Edit - I guess my question is really - is Russia doing well and will it do well, or not? And will Chinese continue to do well or fail?

They probably just want to read some depressing literature in its original language.

Yeah, Russia is doing well, if doing well is producing 5 tables a year for real GDP.

Hey biatch, how's all? That sounds a lot like something China would do

Now, now, what did your mommy say about calling yourself a biatch?

I just finished finals 2 days ago, and I'm flying tomorrow to England to vacation for a month. I'd say I'm doing swell, but I think the Economics final was Sh*t hard, and I want to die.


How are you doing eh? Still rousing up trouble I see from your warning points.

Edit: China produces 6 tables damn it, 6.

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Oh I forgot to add: I've realized how much *****ing I can get done without TSR since I requested a temporary ban. A Sh*tload. That's the answer.

What a "bloody" waste of time this is.

Yeah I'm pretty good - just finished my exams as well. Awww poor SlyPie, well... they do say women are not really cut out for academic hardships, but it's good that you try at least, that's the important thing. If it makes you feel any better I just had my Eco exam and it went amazing, easiest thing in the world (although to be fair someone had showed me the paper the day before, so there you go)

Goodness gracious, why on earth are you going to England? I suppose Christmas is nicer in the cold and sometimes there's snow.. but otherwise, you must be mad.

Showed you the paper the day before eh? Ain't you a hard-working little bastard...

If women aren't cut out for it, why the hell are you doing "academics"? Oh wait, my bad, you aren't.

haha, Well I am going to be with my boyfriend for a month in England. (God help me...I can't stand being with the same person for more than a day...)
I also like to do charity cough in my free time because I'm a nice person like that. And there's plenty of broke bastards in England who need charity.

I couldn't help it.. the guy smuggled it out and just showed it to me. Just because I then took the paper off him and proceeded to 'revise' the paper the night before is irrelevant..

Haha, that was rather witty.. ohh.. I can't think of anything to say to that..

Charity?!?! You?! Yes well I'm a very charitable person as well, I just adore charity. I work in a charity shop every week (my school forcing me to go has absolutely nothing to do with it) - I just love the cramped conditions where you have to work (for nothing), the old, dying women who start screaming at you if you put labels on the wrong clothes, the 'needle guns' which you stab yourself with, accidentally contracting HIV in the process, the homeless drug addicts who come along and start trying to steal things and beat you up. Ahhh what a wonderful cause (what a wonderful country) - have fun!

Now, now, what did your mommy say about calling yourself a biatch?