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Old 05-07-2008, 15:45 PM   #16 (permalink)
astralis
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Of course they do. You cannot be successful in China without speaking Mandarin.
ah, depends on where you live i guess. them shanghai girls never gave me the time of day because i didn't speak shanghainese (or was it because i wasn't sporting armani and rolex? ).
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