English has the advantage that England is no longer a very powerful country and I don’t think many important countries hate us that much. Therefore it feels more politically neutral to speak English.
I think Mandarin is the only realistic competition, but it will be hard for people outside of the far east to learn. And much of the far east currently feels like China is trying to dominate them, so they would rather use English.
English has the advantage that England is no longer a very powerful country and I don’t think many important countries hate us that much. Therefore it feels more politically neutral to speak English.
I think Mandarin is the only realistic competition, but it will be hard for people outside of the far east to learn. And much of the far east currently feels like China is trying to dominate them, so they would rather use English.