Economic Crises and Learning Chinese?

henning
 December 07, 2008, 07:12 PM posted in General Discussion

I am just being curious: Is anyone's relation to China and learning Chinese affected by the current unfortunate economic developments?

Are your companies' projects and /or plans in China postponed or canceled - or even strategically extended? And does all this (and the personal consequences) have any affect on personal learning motivation?

Or is the urge to learning Chinese weathering through the tides of time because it is too much fun and considered to be worth the time and the (opportunity) costs [as it seems to be the case for me]?

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daizi
 December 07, 2008, 07:36 PM

CPod might consider a lesson about jumping out of windows.

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tvan
 December 07, 2008, 07:53 PM

One of our projects was cancelled, but not due to the economic crisis; rather, the melamine fiascos really hurt China's reputation with anything remotely health or food related.  

One (European) customer told us that the only edible product he would buy from China was rat poison!  I don't necessarily agree, but you know what they say about customers being right.

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mark
 December 07, 2008, 11:09 PM

I'm in the, "the urge to learning Chinese weathering through the tides of time because it is too much fun and considered to be worth the time and the (opportunity) costs" camp.  Besides, should I end up unemployed, I'll need something to fill the hours and take my mind off my troubles  :)