Non-Obvious Reasons to Learn Chinese

The Chinese-speaking internet is comparable to the English and Russian-speaking ones. As for the Firewall, you can bypass it if you really want to.

—If you're a fandom person, you'll find way more content about your favorite things in Chinese than you ever imagined—especially for Chinese works, which are severely underrepresented in English/Russian spaces.

—Local memes and trends. How much are you missing by not being able to follow them? I love accounts like @candiselin86 on TikTok, which cover Chinese social media trends.

Think about all the perks of the internet and globalization—then imagine doubling them for yourself.