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jfaat | 5 months ago

"When a Japanese and a Chinese person negotiate they are already using English"

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umanwizard|5 months ago

What language do you think they use?

All Japanese people learn English at school; few learn Chinese as you can verify by reading about the Japanese school system from various sources including Wikipedia.

Similarly in China, English is the only mandatory foreign language taught at school.

jfaat|5 months ago

> What language do you think they use?

Frequently, Chinese or Japanese. For example companies in these countries employ translators. Are you suggesting they rely on primary school-level English to negotiate?