You think maybe these folks are fluent? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1E0coF5iR-s&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWH_rRoKhkw&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9-PPFA48AY&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1ZTbfxCABw&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzKdRycr7U0&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUF1JF0sBd4&feature=related ...and of course our fav TVB white guys: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAVVFq7T--Q&feature=related I guess China and HK are becoming much more cosmopolitan than most would realize. Ralph
Yep, its bad, i'm chinese but im sure my understanding, spoken and reading chinese is not as good as them, but then i was born in UK and didnt go chinese school etc so no wonder my chinese though is ok, not as good as them!
^ ya thast y im not surprised anymore...born and raised in asia doesn't make it fair there so many asian ppl in canada that speak better english than white ppl
omg thats the first time i ever seen a black dude speaking chinese like...-tongue2 my days i think the guy in the second video should join tvb and act like-detect
true like every one else said if you live in a place and speak their language you become good at it I speak better english than most of my white friends despite my parents not knowing english, but thats only because i grew up speaking it and such, so its hard to compare
yep i agree with the above comments and besides there are so many different races in other countries, it doesn't actually surprise me that much that they are moving to HK and China as they are developing countries now which have technology that the western world has.
wow first time seeing a black guy speak chinese xD but its not the first for white ppl like that white guy that used to do tvb stuff xD wonder if he still acts
In the next century, as China becomes more and more prosperous (while still surrounded by many nations that are poor and impoverished) I think the idea that economic immigration into China by others is not a far fetched idea. However, since China is all about control, I don't think you'll see waves of Mexicans (or like in New York Chinese), "tired and poor", yearning to earn Yuans, being welcomed tempest-tost in the PRC (if you'll forgive my poor Lazarus adaptation). They're going to be a bit more selective (like the Canucks did with the HK'ers pre '97). The Brain drain that the US had with countries like India, China, Korea, and the former eastern bloc nations, etc is going to shift towards China. Culturally, China is going to need to get used to seeing well educated foreigners who communicate in Chinese (and do well at it). "Like, hey... you're in China, learn to speak Chinese..." :laugh: Ralph
Interview of Indian family as they recall their life in Hong Kong: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5DhJ8YPkzk&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nceUF7zX2pE&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2N4J-qXwU04&feature=related As you listen, you tend to forget that they're Indian because they sound like everyone else in HK. Ralph
definitely more advanced chinese than me... =\ lol but i still would love to continue my studies in my own language
LOL scary to think that ppl we think might not know chinese know it! the girl in the 4th video can sing really well! maybe because she knows proper english as well as chinese :O she's really pretty as well, i'm surprised she's not in TVB such good talent!
I agree, she speaks Canto like a native and she's got the looks, and can sing too?. TVB should definitely try to sign her. Ralph
I guess TVB is really playing attention to potential stars. I just watched a few eps of Best Selling Secrets, and the girl from the 4th Video clip is in Ep 348. Bravo for TVB. Ralph
Very impressive, reminds me when i was at wing yip and this Indian lady was speaking to me in Cantonese, was well surprised.
Non Asians Who Speak Chinese better than most of Us You guys should be ashamed of yourself then. One word, DISGRACE!
