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Does china accept french as the international languge of diplomacy or do they use english and chinese languages for thier official foriegn affairs discussions ?

2007-03-19 16:11:24 · 2 answers · asked by Mr Know it all 1 in Politics & Government Politics

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So far, China does not use French as language of diplomacy for the reason that France was at no point in the history a strategic partner of the country.

They however have to accept the use of French in the frame of the UN negotiations, being both Permanent member of the Security Council.

2007-03-19 21:16:52 · answer #1 · answered by Pat le Pirate 3 · 1 0

first of all, there'll by no means be a language that's "common" within the experience that any human inspiration and feeling will also be expressed in it. Simply determining a countrywide/ethnic language like english might imply that plenty of matters valued at pronouncing might now not be expressed across the world. A impartial (now not favouring any nation or faith) moment language for every person IS viable. Esperanto is some distance from best, however it has been round seeing that 1887. It has been met with egos (constantly in abundance), chauvinism, fascism (esperantists had been persecuted and even killed by way of the regimes of Hitler, Franco, Musssonlini, Stalin, Salazar) and different demagogues who do not wish their topics to be in a position to uncover out the reality approximately overseas international locations. there is additionally folks who worry Esperanto might jeopardise their activity if it will get too general (an unfounded worry, seeing that such a lot esperantists gain knowledge of extra languages than different folks). Bg trade by no means invested in it both. A lot of the propaganda (like approximately it being supposed to interchange all different languages in the community) in opposition to Esperanto remains to be circulating the snag (capture?) is that this: it is really viable that there are folks who're clever sufficient, proficient sufficient and modest sufficient to create a greater language - however they may not accomplish that untill there's evidence that sufficient folks wish this sort of language (they customarily have extra lucrative matters to do, or matters that do warranty a few delight). The most effective tangible evidence of this sort of want.....is the quantity of folks who talk Esperanto. Learning Esperanto normally takes 1 / 4 of the time you'll ought to gain knowledge of any "convenient" countrywide language, and understanding it is helping you gain knowledge of different languages quicker further(at one thumb up, one down): " if every person knew the identical a million language all of the others might die out" The notion in that's one of the vital explanations, however it is situated provided that sufficient folks consider the whole lot valued at pronouncing will also be stated in that one language. Everyone who has significantly discovered a moment language is aware of greater. Another factor is that talking a "small" language supplies a few privateness and intimacy. It is helping you distinguish folks who've affinity together with your tradition frommere travelers and colonialists. "Would you quit your language to gain knowledge of a thoroughly random, made-up one?" Reality indicates that plenty of folks quit their language, deprive their kids of it, given that of the improper notion that it is greater for them to be aware of the random, dominant language - wheter or not it's English, Mandarin or Spanish. Nobody ever offers up their local language for Esperanto - all of them talk it at the aspect. As to Spanish as an international language...do not feel the hype. In Asia and Africa it is a marginal phenomenon. Here in Europe it's taught some distance much less largely than French or German.

2016-09-05 09:10:40 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0 0

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