A Kuala Lumpur-bound AirAsia flight from Chongqing, China, was delayed for more than an hour on Wednesday (April 22) after a female passenger became uncooperative and rowdy when cabin crew on board spoke to her in English.Checks by AsiaOne indicate that the incident happened on board AirAsia flight D7809, which was scheduled to depart at 2am. Videos posted on social...
    • SorryImLate@piefed.socialEnglish
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      24 days ago

      New world order on its way. I wonder how long it will take Western countries to start offering Mandarin in school.

      • allywilson@lemmy.mlEnglish
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        24 days ago

        …Pretty sure it was offered 20 years ago in Scotland, a friend’s son was doing it.

        • SorryImLate@piefed.socialEnglish
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          23 days ago

          Possible but not required. I meant as a replacement for how English is currently a mandatory foreign language in many European countries.

        • Bilb!@lemmy.mlEnglish
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          23 days ago

          Won’t require that as much as a demand from local business to produce a workforce that can do business with China.

      • FrChazzz@lemmus.orgEnglish
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        23 days ago

        I knew of a lot of racist types in my youth (so, 25+ years ago) who would encourage kids to learn Mandarin because “in a few years we’ll all be working for them.”