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The Chinese travel and tourism economy grew 9.9% last year, more than twice the global rate and much faster than the 0.9% pace registered by the US, according to new data by the World Travel & Tourism Council, a trade group, and lead research partner Chase Travel.

  • Fishnoodle@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Does anyone else ever remember the movie Looper, where Bruce Willis was like ‘no, you dont want to learn French… Trust me, you want to learn Chinese’

    I do sometimes

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      My luck,I’d spend years learning Cantonese and Mandarin become the dominant one

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        Hey you could still use it in Guangdong+Hong Kong, if you don’t mind getting melted in the miserable heat and humidity.