{"id":3402,"date":"2019-03-08T07:47:35","date_gmt":"2019-03-08T07:47:35","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2019-03-08T07:47:35","modified_gmt":"2019-03-08T07:47:35","slug":"why-learning-chinese-may-actually-help-saudis-in-so-many-ways","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/riyadh\/en\/opinion\/why-learning-chinese-may-actually-help-saudis-in-so-many-ways\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Learning Chinese May Actually Help Saudis In So Many Ways"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Crown Prince\u2019s China trip was in the headlines for many things, one such was the announcement that Chinese would be thought in Saudi schools and universities.<\/p>\n

The announcement found its way to almost all Saudi based newspapers and many on social media were baffled by it. But here\u2019s why it can actually be of much benefit to Saudis.<\/p>\n

The Numbers<\/h3>\n

There are several varieties and dialects of the Chinese language, the most widely spoken amongst them is Mandarin Chinese. Now, Mandarin Chinese alone has close to a billion native speakers that makes it the most widely spoken language in the world in terms of native speakers. This fact on its own should be enough to convince one of learning Chinese over any other language.<\/p>\n

The UNWTO lists China as the fourth most visited country in the world with approximately 60.7 million visitors in 2017. Most people in China don\u2019t speak Chinese so learning Chinese can surely help you in making your way around the land of over a billion souls.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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The Reach<\/h3>\n

It is not that Chinese is only spoken in China, standard Chinese is also the official language of Taiwan and Singapore. Besides that, there is a huge Chinese diaspora found largely across Asia and North America numbering some 50 million according to some estimates.<\/p>\n

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The Economics<\/h3>\n

Like the saying goes China is the world\u2019s factory. The \u201cMade In China\u201d tag is found on almost everything, even the smartphone or laptop that you are reading this piece on probably also has the same tag on it.<\/p>\n

Knowing the local language will give you unprecedented access to local Chinese factories that have a dearth of products to sell but you just haven\u2019t come across them earlier because they were too small to display themselves on trade fairs.<\/p>\n

China is also heading towards becoming the world\u2019s biggest economy, with many international giants vying to get a slice of this huge market. Knowing Chinese will not only help in you in gaining a foot in this sizeable market but may also help you land a job especially in international trading companies.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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