Chinese civilization of 6000 years is one of the oldest and richest in the world.
Chinese is the language spoken by the largest population in the world. 21% of people in the world read Chinese while only 8.3% read English.
About 800 mio speak it as their mother tongue, plus 200 mio as a second language.
Keep in mind that all the Chinese languages in China are written more or less the same and that if you can read one, you can read all.
Chinese is one of the few languages which remain pictographic. Chinese writing system has its etymological origins in pictures, known as ideogram or Chinese calligraphy, is a form of art!
China's economic growth rate and industrial potential are among the greatest in the world. In the 21st Century China is expected to play an important role in world market economy.
The study of Chinese not only grants the benefit of another language, it also gives the student a set of alternative worldviews.
Chinese cultural traditions and language have contributed significantly to the cultures of Japan, Korea, and many South-East Asian nations.
Multi millenarian culture, with litterature a thousand years old, castles, palaces, poetry, calligraphy, excellent cuisine.
Chinese is an official language of the United Nations.
China has one of the world's oldest continuous civilizations, consisting of states and cultures dating back more than six millennia. It has the world's longest continuously used written language system, and the source of such major inventions as what the British scholar and biochemist.
