For each Chinese-speaking westerner, East Asian Studies professor Perry Link said, there are thousands of English-speaking Chinese.
"That leaves the question," Link said, "why do westerners learn Chinese?"
Though English is spoken virtually everywhere — Link called it "a hegemonic language" — ...(back to the article)
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