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Haoqide -

1. I've always been really interested in Asian cultures, and I was leaning towards Japanese for a

while. But then I went to Chinatown in NYC and totally fell in love with the sound of the

language. The more I investigated the culture and people, the more I fell in love with it. I

decided that I wanted to learn it, and I've been loving it ever since!

2. I'm not an expatriate, and I've never been to China. I'm just learning the language because I

think it's a beautiful language, and I feel a sort of special connection to Chinese people, for

some reason. As was brought out earlier, it's also really useful!

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gougou -

1) The first time I had contact with "real" Chinese people was the first day of my studies (in the

Netherlands). I was immediately fascinated, and soon after started studying the language to learn

more about this culture.

After a rather slow start, I picked up speed and enthusiasm, and spend pretty much all of my free

time (plus a considerable amount of school time...) on studying Chinese. It's addictive, isn't it?

2) Business student. Also, expat-who-has-to-survive-in-China-to-be, finally found an internship!

Haoqide -

Quote:

It's addictive, isn't it?

It's like a disease...a disease that I love having!!!

englishboy -

I started visiting China a couple of years ago for my business and was emabarrased not to be able

to converse in anything other than English.

Once you start learning you're hooked! Now it's a great way to appreciate the Chinese culture

further and chat (very simply) with ordinary Chinese people

Ken -

Intellectual CHALLENGE!

Tallest mountain I could think of to climb was mandarin.

I'm still a few feet from the base though. However, I am the tenacious crawler.

woliveri -

Went to China in 1985 with my Kung Fu group. Previous to that started studying with the Gymnastics

teacher at the school. Unfortunately that was in Florda who's backward education system did not

favor Asia, especially China and still doesn't, pretty sad.

When I moved to the West Coast I was able to attend the university/community college system out

here and restarted my learning. Had a 20 year gap there but now picking it up. I'm in my 4th year

of part time study.

The reasons:

1. To communicate with my Taiji, Qi gong teachers and my TCM friends.

2. To again visit China and then use my language skills.

3. To attend a university in Beijing to continue my studies.

4. Perhaps to do some business.

5. Perhaps teach Chinese in the future.

I'm 45 now.

I was a Pastry Chef for 20 years and then changed careers to Computer Programming.

asharpe -

My wife is Chinese (Sichuan-ren), and I have always been interested in Asian culture (philosophy

and music, mostly).

We went to China in 1999, and couldn't speak a word of Mandarin. We went back last July, and I

stumbled along well enough to get myself across Hangzhou to a little place that makes flutes, got

a tour of the place, and bought one of their flutes. I also was able to finally speak to my

father-in-law; something I wanted to do for a long time. It wasn't much, but I think he

appreciated the effort.

My Chinese is pretty bad, but I was able to make myself understood (pantomime helps a lot, too),

and that was the most important part. And I try to speak Beijing Putonghua, so most areas

understand my accent, even if I can't understand theirs.

I'm 47, living about 20 miles south of San Francisco.

Andrew

owen -

1. I am drawn to learn the language through an interest in the culture. The source from which that

interest is drawn pendulums between two wells: one of respect and one of utter revulsion. Both

sources lead just as surely to engrossement.

2. I am a 27 year old dude who just came back to taiwan after travelling in china for 3 months (i

had lived in taiwan for almost a year before going to china). I knew nothing of Chinese language

or culture before coming and didnt really start learning any language seriously until about a year

ago. So i'm still pretty inept.

Lu -

Started studying Chinese language & culture because I was interested in the culture, the

language came with that and as I am quite good at learning languages that was no problem.

After two years of studying in Holland, I went on an exchange to Beijing, and fell in love with

China (had never been there before). So the reason of me studying Chinese changed to that.

Now I'm not sure if I am still studying Chinese, I'm not learning any vocabulary or grammar or

anything, mostly practicing. I can say now that I know Chinese, I can have conversations about all

kinds of topics, and even read Chinese novels in Chinese, and the newspaper.

Background: 23 years old now, grew up in small town in Holland, baba shi yisheng, mama dui

Zhongguo hen gan xingqu.

aeon -

My wife is Chinese, and although I promised her I'd learn when we got married I didn't put a great

deal of effort into it. Then she taught our son to speak putonghua and of course he can talk rings

round me aged only 4 , so I decided to make a concerted effort and come to China and learn

properly.

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