Are you thinking about learning to speak Mandarin Chinese? I’ll leave you here some of the most relevant reasons why it is useful to do so.
It is a language with more than a billion speakers around the world.
China is the Asian giant of technology and innovation.
Studying specialization programs, undergraduate or doctoral degrees is very cheap and you get many scholarships, just for knowing or speaking the language.
Chinese grammar is very simple, the greatest effort is in writing and pronunciation since it is a tonal language.
By learning Chinese you learn the culture, the customs, an ancient culture with technological features and scientific advances that are at the forefront of any nation.
Business and commercial opportunities multiply when you know how to speak Chinese.