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Here's an interesting piece from The Atlantic.

We've touched on China and what to call its languages, so I thought some might like to see this one.

Apologies for replying to my own post, but here is an interesting article on Chinese and the influence of English:

http://www.slate.com/blogs/lexicon_vall ... ional.html

Thanks for the two articles on language in China. They confirm my take on Chinese exactly. The reason for pushing Mandarin is strictly for the power it gives the central government.