YC China and Qi Lu

Re:YC China and Qi Lu by stevechu on Wednesday August 15, 2018 @03:26AM (#17764281)

If you mean that these 300 million do not have Chinese as the first language https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_China then it would be correct. But every kid growing up in China has to learn Chinese in school (plus TV etc).

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Re:YC China and Qi Lu by natch on Wednesday August 15, 2018 @12:25PM (#17767261)

Wrong. A lot of people grew up before this started. And no, I removed the Mandarin-as-an-additional-language people from the number already. (Mandarin 1st + Mandarin as a 2nd or 3rd languages speakers) = 1.1 billion. Population of China, 1.4 billion. 1.4 billion minus 1.1 billion is 300 million.

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Re:YC China and Qi Lu by seanmcdirmid on Wednesday August 15, 2018 @03:29AM (#17764292)

I’ve run into old people in China who don’t speak a word of mandarin, especially in Tibetan areas. They get the kids to translate for them.

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