Could Praxislanguage have happened elsewhere?

Joachim
 October 02, 2008, 09:22 PM posted in General Discussion

I do understand that chinesepod.com is about learning Chinese, but could this or a similar venture have happened elsewhere on the planet, say xhosapod.com in South Africa or hindipod.com in Bangalore or friesischpott.de in Germany??

Or is it due to the vibrant economy, enthusiastic people or other more mundane reasons that China HAD to be the place to get things rolling?

Serendipidity, contingency or destiny?

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matthiask
 October 07, 2008, 11:34 AM

 

I believe, the rosen interest in the chinese culture, the cheap employment costs compared to america made it possible that at this time at this place (shanghai) it was possible to gather such a great team of language teachers and internet nerds together to make this possible - and affordable for outsiders.
Friesischpott.de would not work as to little interest is there to make it a businesscase. 

But please prove me wrong :)

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taiwanator
 October 08, 2008, 05:14 PM

friesischpott.de  ---  hahahaha!