“To Get a Job in the 21st Century, Learn Chinese.”

 

Sound Advice from the U.S. Ambassador to China Gary Locke. Speaking to a group of Chinese Mandarin learning students from New York Secondary Schools, He recommended to them

“To Get a Job in the 21st Century, Learn Chinese.”

Other advice to the students included;

• "[In the 21st century], learn about history. Learn about culture, and language," he advised. "If you can speak Chinese or Spanish, you are practically guaranteed a job in your chosen field."
• "The thing to understand," he told the students, "is that you have many possibilities throughout your life."
• "Get a good education.
• "you'll be set for life."

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Gary Locke Advises Students: To Get a Job in 21st Century, Learn Chinese