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Old Mar 23, 2014 | 4:27 pm
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Originally Posted by Pickles
Mandarin is extremely common in business environments. More so than English nowadays. Just ride the elevators at the ICC, or IFC 1/2, and you'll see what I mean.
Really? I would say the boardroom and conference room is where the real business environment is and English is the defacto standard; no matter whether you are at ICC, IFC, 1 Garden Rd or 1 Jackson Sq.
Mandarin in business is limited to the casual conversation in the lifts and retailers.
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