British Expats - It's far better abroad

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Originally Posted by The Oddities (Post 9698819)

Perhaps she was learning because of the amount of imports from China and did not want her family to mistakenly order the wrong things or in order to translate instructions. Would be very interesting to know her reasons. Maybe she has met a wonderful Chinese boy and wants to impress him with her language skills.

Rosemary

Actually, I know she's a university student and was only in the shop that day standing in for her mother, during the vacation. I don't know what degree she is taking but assume her language studies are part of it.

There are lots of opportunities in China and the rest of Asia for Europeans, no need for her to confine her ambitions to Spain. One of my OH's nephews has just relocated to France having spent the last 5 years as Asia Sales Manager for a large chemicals company, based in Kuala Lumpur but travelling all around the region. He made a point of learning Mandarin when he arrived there, I'm sure the people he was doing business with would have spoken English but the fact that he had made the effort to learn probably helped him form better business relationships. One of the OH's friends also has a son who owns a language school in China.