I was sitting at a table by a lovely lady named Sue.
Sue is in her 70's, very intelligent, and a wonderful
conversationalist. She said to me, "Are you learning
Chinese?" I said, "No, I am not learning Chinese. Why
do you ask?" Sue said, "Everyone I know is learning
Chinese." She then asked me what courses in Chinese we
had. I told her that we sold Pimsleur Chinese Mandarin
Courses and Pimsleur Chinese Cantonese Courses. She
wanted to know whether we sold more Cantonese or
Mandarin and the conversation continued on.

In our conversation I asked her why everyone she knew
was learning Chinese and she went on to tell me that
some were going to China on a vacation trip, others
were starting to do business with Chinese firms and
another couple just wanted to learn Chinese. But to
her it seemed that everyone she talked to was learning
Chinese.

I was in China last year and found it a fascinating
place. One of the places I visited was a candy

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