Illustrated History of China, vols. 1-3

What a pity that this history of China is not in any westeuropean language! seems to be a marvellous book!

Well, sooner or later everyone will have to learn Chinese :) then why not sooner?

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Vidra says "sooner or later everyone will have to learn Chinese," but that's probably wishful thinking on the part of China's rulers. Even Xinhua tells us that 47% of the people in China can't speak Putonghua (the common dialect). Their math is slightly problematic, too, as they say "only 53 percent of the country's 1.3 billion people" can, while the headline says "40% of Chinese cannot."

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-09/05/content_5050463.htm

Anyhow, feichang xiexie (thank you very much) for these uploads -- and I'm sure many folks appreciate the mirrors. Some of us want to learn about it out of the sheer pleasure of increasing one's knowledge. :)

Well, even if my comment was meant as a joke, however, it is not just a joke. Do substitute "Chinese" with "English", and then you will understand my point. The subject of the phrase "sooner or later everyone will have to learn English" includes an implicit condition: "everyone who wants to keep pace with important events in the world, who wants to be up to date". In this sense it is not at all absurd that whoever wants to be "in" should at least read some Chinese. Just think about the already available thousands (!) of download sites like Avax, all running in Chinese...

Well, considering that english is the language of choice among the community of leechers, it's no joke that you need to grasp some basic understanding of english even to browse many warez sites.

I certainly do agree with Vidra on the importance of Chinese as a future language for mantaining a fair view of what happens in the world. If you expect to have a balanced opinion just by reading english news, you wont be aware of alternative point of view.
To read chinese is a must, as well as having a reading knowledge of arabic as well. If you want to maintain the edge, of course....

Kameeldoring

Vidra say "Well, sooner or later everyone will have to learn Chinese :) then why not sooner? " And this "that 47% of the people in China can't speak Putonghua (the common dialect). " IS NOT THE SAME
Read is more important than speak. Everyone can speak different but the writing is the same so everyone who know chinese understand. Learn or not learn is up to individual I won't be at a loss if u dun know chinese But maybe u will