Do They Speak English in China?

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Bethina and Jeff venture the streets of Beijing to find the answer to the question: "Do people in China speak English?"
The answer may surprise you!

[@sunjianca]

This is just a guide of How to NOT do a street interview properly.

[@vincentyan8114]

Clement Sun well said

[@Maya-hf3zw]

Clement Sun I

[@junlizhu2312]

Hell yeah

[@cooliipie]

Why?

[@gamingwithiron1270]

Agreed not doing this in the right community or city. It’s like going to Quebec in Canada and ask ppl do you speak English... try Shanghai Beijing Guangzhou CBD a lot of ppl

[@Shimomo888]

I think it's better to set a occasion to do this experiment. Ask for direction etc. Better than just ask them to say something in English. It's a little bit weird on street.

Totally agree with you. Their approach was awkward. Even myself if I'm asked to "just say 'something' in English", I feel put on the spot. It's just not natural.

[@momouwu1937]

Maybe the guy could do it but not the girl because she's chinese. The people will think she's trying to act posh or something

[@proboxpepper6752]

-Do you speak English? -You are wearing socks...hahahhahaha!

[@cooliipie]

I don't get it

[@user-rk9sz2mi7w]

@@cooliipie I like fuck u bitch

[@user-rk9sz2mi7w]

Sorry that means fuck u bitch

[@user-rk9sz2mi7w]

Without "I"

[@SANCHA.]

@@cooliipie Because the old man was talking to his wife.

[@YanyongW]

I am from Thailand.I was asking this question in Beijing to find my way to national museum. I almost gave up.after 20 time an office girl said yes.I ask her to write chinese word for the museum and i gave it to a taxi and finally get to the museum.

[@nousername5673]

Google Translate?

[@looroo7038]

in China，99% Chinese people couldn't say English fluently ，almost people only could read 26 letters

[@qingl7060]

this is just a ridiculous interview

[@user-ri5ju3qc7r]

it''s not because they don't speak english, they just don't want to accept your interview

[@ahappyimago]

Nah they can’t speak English

[@sorawanjirayusakun3390]

Cannot speak English is their real problem.

[@blakeparker6588]

you should not ask the question of "do you speak english“ and ”what's your favourite phrase“, this is too direct and is not possible for usual people to understand. You can ask where is Mcdonald, where is the bus station or where is the restroom.

[@danielrayn6694]

From where r u

[@blytheee]

Just think that this interview was kinda a failure...the ways you guys asked the questions seem inappropriate.

[@sn0wybabi]

Huh how was it inappropriate?

[@XCHDragox115]

Not asking for their bank account, just seeing if they spoke English

[@lynnsun797]

This is a really bad way of interviewing people. you should ask directions or something like that. Chinese people are not comfortable to say "I can do ..."when they can not do it VERY WELL.

[@45289181046]

+Chi-wai Lee I watched this video before and today I just watched it again and also I read all the comments below, and as a normal Chinese guy I’d also like to say sth. First, about my English level, I can say it’s close to native speakers, especially my speaking ( I am just telling the truth, not boasting or just wanna show off) and in a certain way, I love to learn English. But today I am not gonna talk too much about me, I am gonna talk about most English learners here in China. First, let’s talk about my hometown which is just a small county in Henan province, like many third tier cities or regions here in China, the teachers there are just teaching the students how to pass the test, they don’t give a damn about speaking. There are lots of reasons behind it which I am reluctant to talk about, but the main reason is that the teachers they themselves( at least 80% of them) can’t speak English well, this can be only blamed on the so called ”dumb and mute” English education in China. Even if there’s one or some students who wants to practice speaking, it will be really hard for him or her to find a place or person to practice or practice with. Sometimes, even if she or he wants to practice or practicing by her/himself, they will be treated like a weirdo in some people’s eyes, they may laugh at the students who wants to improve, and say sth like” what? You wanna go to America to study? Dream on that.” Stuff like that. I am currently working in Shanghai, and I have met many friends in different companies, many of them can speak English, from just ok to great. And from them, I learned some of their ideas about English learning: A Shanghainess guy who speaks broken English told me that, he has to learn English because his company often do business with other countries, especially with America. For him, learn English is kinda like a torture, he said to me his purpose to learn English is just for money, he mentioned that many corrupt officials can immigrate to other countries even if they don’t know any English, but they have money, so the western countries still welcome them.:))) . He thinks that there is no need for further study of English( he passed the National English Test CET band 6), because when he and his colleagues talking business with other laowais, they just use their broken English and the body language, as long as people can understand each other , then it will be fine, there is no need to improve or speak better or perfect English. In his mind, language is just a tool, just know some will be fine, there is no need to learn too much. Actually, in many companies here in Shanghai, lots of people have the same mindset like him. Even when I traveled to other places in China, I found many people at that Shanghainess guy’s age has the same mindset, and many of them all passed the national English test( CET band 6 and CET band 8 even). So my impression about Chinese people learn English is like this: 1 For the school and parents, about 90% of them only care about the grades, that’s why they wanna hire the English native speakers to teach their students, because they don’t care about speaking.(there are more reasons actually about hire native speakers) 2 For the office workers, language is just a tool, sth they need to learn and can be used in the future, and the main purpose is, well, 70% of the people I interviewed answered is money.

[@beth5838]

+Sean Zhao Dude no one is gonna read that shit 😂😂😂 smh lmao

[@45289181046]

it is great that no one is gonna read that shit.*LIZLOVE*

[@WEIHONGDU]

+Sean Zhao nobody cares bro

[@lanat1512]

Oh really? It's soo like in my country, Vietnam. People just care about grades, not the real English skill

[@luislo5143]

next project sholud be go usa n ask them 'do they speak chinese in USA'

[@o_Latro]

Luis Lo exactly

[@fusionnetwork7000]

Luis Lo but only chinese ppl speaks English.. And in almost every country english is one of the main subjects in schools.. But chinese isn't.

[@junlizhu2312]

fusion Network it is dumbass. Chinese people learn English from primary schools, and English is an essential component in every major exam. They're just try to be humble and say "no" when being asked because they think their English is not perfect. Humble is a virtue in Chinese traditional culture, unlike where you ignorant piece of shit from

[@adrianwakeisland4710]

@ItsDestinyYT english is not useful outside english-speaking countries. Don't keep thinking that everybody in the World can speak english. That's why foreigners are necessary to learn and speak chinese when they want to communicate with chinese.

[@adamirfan6986]

@@junlizhu2312 china is shit now sorry

[@cxzmyc]

"Excuse me, do you speak English" "No, sorry"

[@zhewu9052]

at least , he knew what you say. haha

[@nanhuachuan7261]

yes, i speak english, and i learned it by myself! am i great?

[@kkwun4969]

im learing chinese by myself. when i tell sombody im a half chinese they go "你说中文吗?" them im sitting here like ;-;

[@GivemeBacon]

If you are chinese, then yes, you are really great

[@kimeli]

you are not, stop sukcing up to white people.

[@meow.r6884]

I think Chinese in China doesn't really regard English as important thing or maybe the English Education there doesn't really effective. In here, Malaysia, Malaysian Chinese generally very fluent in English. So, they can speak three languages. Malay, English and Mandarin.

[@billK3817]

Chinese speak Chinese, English speak English, that's normal.

[@marinliuxu7377]

Because the USA is the most powerful country.

[@qaz19851124]

If American speak German we will learn German at school not English lol

[@bertalogistics6709]

just admit it guys u are dumb!

[@wallacechow7892]

Bilingual

[@kimjongoof5000]

刘必旭 German or else

[@mumonica7316]

Not a good interview. The interviewers didn't even put any effort into the interview but rather passive. It feels to me that the the interviewers do not even want to find out how good or bad Chinese people are with English, but just to prove that Chinese people' English are ridiculous. It's so irrational to just ask people say anything they want, 'cause normal people don't usually think about what they'd like to say if they were interviewed one day. You should've ask them specific questions like what's your hobby, etc.

[@Joe-gv1dr]

I agree, when people find out I study chinese they ask me to “say something” and I never know what to say

[@1858431]

They asked old folks. Education was poor back then so they didnt have time to learn. If you ask kids or younger adults, they would know. A 9 year old in Guangzhou would know.

[@IIIlIl]

it's really really really hard to learn English for the Chinese, isn't it? I would imagine that I learned it much faster and easier since I'm European. But it's also really really difficult for us to learn Chinese, right?

[@seayellow5834]

I am Chinese. Well it depends. Learning in school, hard as hell. Learning on KZbin, easy as hell. Unfortunately most Chinese people are banned from KZbin and Google

[@cllemzsamvchelsea]

@@seayellow5834 Depends on what school. In China We have good teachers. A experienced teacher helps a lot

[@ivanjin9989]

Try to interview with teenagers or college students .

[@suzanah2204]

noob as well

[@jasond6890]

fresh brains out of English class

[@tommyxcx9771]

Well they are not good at it either

[@dick19880328]

im pretty sure u guys filtered out those who actually can talk in English, when I was in China, everyone tried to talk to me.

[@ahappyimago]

minghai lan nope no one spoke English to me when I was in China

[@xiaomengliu3177]

What an awkward interview this is. Come on man, tell me what is you favorite phrase in English. It is just a language, not a poem, I like every phrase the same.

[@DiuLayGoHi]

You guys are doing this video in a city of North China. If you do the interview in cities of South China or Hong Kong, you will see a lot of people speak English. At least my friends around me all can speak English. I speak English with my friends sometime when I was in China.

[@embracinglogic1744]

Exactly. I am in North China and no one will speak English. Even my so-called bilingual students (which is nonsense, just propaganda), will always avoid English, and must be forced many many many many many times to use English. Northern China is not fun. Southern China is far better!

[@jwyldeck]

YES! I'm going there soon and I was scared that I could get by without Chinese but this gives me even more incentive to learn it. 中文很棒！

[@sioneymendozj505]

don't ask if they can speak Just instantly interview in speak english When you ask in english way just wait if they answer in english or chinesse way -from Ph

[@Nunawariyaku]

i think i will go to UK and i will say: Do u speak Chinesse? or Do u speak Mandarin? ahah xD

[@YangSing1]

+Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Trincheka ʕ•́ᴥ•̀ʔっ But English is the international language, Chinese isn't.

[@muntewhwaan158]

there are more Chinese-speakers than English-speakers in the world

[@YangSing1]

Man Man Man Where did you get that information from? Go anywhere and you will find someone who speaks English. You can't say the same about Chinese though. You are in fact only talking about native speakers. Chinese has about 900 million native speakers and 200 million second language speakers, which equals about 1.1 billion total speakers. English has 400 million native speakers, but 1.1 billion second language speakers, which equals a total of 1.5 billion speakers. So English in fact has more speakers.

[@muntewhwaan158]

YangSing1 You'd better google "Most Widely Spoken Languages in the World" and you will know the fact.

[@YangSing1]

Man Man Man Are you that stupid you can't tell that's totally wrong? English 335 million speakers? Wtf? First of all there's 320 million people in America, 65 million in Britain, 35 million in Canada, 25 million in Australia, 5 million in New Zealand, and 5 million in Ireland. Which equals 455 million speakers. That's just native speakers. A lot of people in most countries know English. I already told you, about 1.1 billion people know English as a second language. So what I said is right, there's a total of 1.5 billion speakers of English. There's even a Wikipedia page which confirms this. Try looking up 'languages by total number of speakers.'

[@minz8461]

I guess most young people don't want to expose in a stranger's camera (at least I'm not likely to be willing to appear in a stranger's video though I can speak English), don't forget people in this country tend to be conservative; if you really need help, ask younger people(high school students/ university students) in China in English with slower speed, they should understand...or you can write down your questions, in case you really really need people's help.

[@juanhsusungchenchun]

I'm Chinese and I was born in Taiwán and I must say that speaking good english and fluent english ain't the same thing. That's why I enjoy so much watching these videos about learning English lessons on KZbin!

[@SanNicaragua]

cool. Im learning chinese. You live in Taiwán?

[@juanhsusungchenchun]

Of course! Hey I also know few friends from Nicaragua and Colombia living in Taiwán too!

[@SanNicaragua]

徐臣羣 You have Nicaraguan friends. Cool. Nicaragua and Taiwán have strong friendship relations.

[@juanhsusungchenchun]

Oh yeah! this guy Joel, had been studying here for almost four years! I know guys from Colombia, Uruguay, Bolivia, Mexico, Honduras, Colombia, Guatemala...and many of them had been living here for more than twenty years! BTW, I live in Kaohsiung and U?

[@SanNicaragua]

徐臣羣 I live in Managua, Nicaragua.

[@ricchardo]

I am English (from the UK) and i'm learning Chinese now. My favourite Chinese word is Fuwuyuan 服务员 it just means "Waiter" but I like the sound of it!!

[@gamingwithiron1270]

Or you like the feeling you can actually yell and someone will come, lol instead of waiting for a waiter that may only come back for bills

[@lucaswong3848]

as a chinese why do i find this hilarious lol

[@destroyer-fr4dz]

You should ask them to sing "My heart will go on". The last time I went there (2 months ago), I heard that song from other rooms every single time I went to karaoke. Its a big song there

[@laramiaizz]

You guys should've asked for direction or something, then maybe they'd try to explain it in English..

[@belowaveragecollegecooking7809]

This is China man, you got to speak Chinese, not english.

[@clement2780]

There is no such thing as speaking chinese. There is cantonese, shanghainese, taiwanese, etc, and mandarin the foreign language imposed on china

[@filipjohansson1582]

Don't be stupid, if you speak Mandarin, you are speaking Chinese.

[@__ldnd__]

so there is also californiaese, kansasese,newyorkese, and Britainese, Austrianese, Canadaese,etc.... ?? those "ese" you talk about are barely just accent pronunciation, means if they write down, everybody can understand each other...

[@jasond6890]

@@__ldnd__ Exactly!! But don't include cantonese... The pronunciation is just wildly different from any other accidents... I speak mandarin and I need to read the subtitles watching a cantonese movie.

[@PsychosisFire]

If you asked some of the older people "do you speak Russian" I imagine a lot of them would say yes. I was flying with Aeroflot one time from China, and was sat next to this Chinese man in his 50's-60's. He spoke absolutely zero English but was able to converse in pretty decent Russian to the air hostess.

[@iameverywhere260]

He was probally a political elite or involved with the government. And probally learnt Russian studying aboard in Moscow

[@mingxinwang1197]

感觉采访的女的应该注意措辞，人家说不会说英语，就问您学过英文么，感觉不舒服

[@yahya2231]

Ming Sin Wong SHUT UP CHINESE

[@mingxinwang1197]

go to hell, my son

[@tododokidoki4007]

GoldMinecraftPro جولد ماينكرافت فرو ohhhhh burnnnnnn👏

[@yuelinli5947]

不是典型北京人吗，不想上升到地域，不过北京人很多都这么说话，直，我现在听北京人这样跟我说话都不会想太多，只会去字面的理解意思而已。

[@liangl.v1924]

Ming Xin Wang Estoy de acuerdo.

[@zhoualex4317]

Why do you guys think people should speak English in China? And the interview was soooo boring.

[@Tsubaki_Chun]

Why aren't they asking the younger kids? Learning English just started these years and they are asking the 40 and 50 year olds if they speak English. It's like going to America and asking them do you speak Spanish or French.

[@leonlei9435]

well, it is not that common to find anyone who speak English , yet many can understand if you written those words down. Well, nightmare for elder people who take a trip themselves , unless they speak Chinese

[@ocram704]

Next video idea: Do They Speak Italian in Japan?

[@rkt7414]

"Do you speak English" "...A LIT-TOW" "W'doyuliktasayinEnglish?" Jesus man slow down

[@sunshinejavier9078]

Ryland-雷嵐 yeah you need to speak slow so they will understand what you are saying. my chinese friends usually do not understand me when i speak fast.. were just face to face but we talk just by typing on our phone what we wanted to say so we can understand each other clearly 哈哈

[@mr.tickle1590]

they interviewed mostly people from 24y.o and above or middle age. Get near the universities where there are many young chinese and you'll see

[@DingDaZhi]

9 year of English education my ass! All we've done is writting papers! English is a language, students are supposed to speak it instead of writting papers all day.

[@embracinglogic1744]

Exactly. I am in China and English is not encouraged at all. The Chinese staff do a horrible job at encouraging students to use just a little English. Why are they even in an international department? My Chinese experience has been nothing but a contradiction. Then again, I am in Northern China, which does suck. Southern China is far better.

[@spellerlittlewing]

Thanks video when I visited Weihai China I only met one person could speak English I love the place I used a translator pocket size device

[@doggy_888]

Why you use english in China? Everyone in china can speak mandarin.

[@clement2780]

Yes and everyone in japan speaks japanese, korean korea, etc. World needs universal language and i doubt it will be mandarin

[@georgekurioreilly4857]

AKA english.

[@heartcity9038]

I am a Chinese student，so many chinese students speak English in china just because of National College Entrance Examination. most of students don't like learning English in my school.

[@94mac]

dedi man I'm learning Mandarin lol

[@marcbatocabe153]

Because there are like 300+ official and recognised languages in the world and it’s impractical to learn them all when your traveling, hence the need of having and learning a lingua Franca. Fortunately/unfortunately that language is English.

[@Penny-xb2xz]

no wonder why there are 217 subscribes. I feel offended as a chinese. who would go ask chinese ppl in chinese, hey do you speak ENGLISH. You guys are in Beijing, ppl there speaks mandarin. Obviously you are fluent in mandarin, are you trying to make fun of people there? when people say yes, then you ask them to say random things. and when people say no, then you asked have you EVER studied english. Please stop doing this. This is so RUDE.

[@kazukiyamamoto5737]

You can just go to any universities. Asking old people is kind of disrespecting. There is no country old people speak English pretty well in Asia.

[@junlizhu2312]

Juan Marcos Quiñones true but sad because that's what colonialism brought them

[@light80050]

You should've asked them for directions or something. Just asking if they can speak English is so awkward.

[@alanqiu6283]

I'm a Chinese myself and speak English fluently, you shouldn't be asking people in middle of a street for nothing. You just take other people's time.

[@alanqiu6283]

If you know there is a English program for Chinese people why are you doing this for then?

[@user-qk1oh7ke6f]

ask anyone under the age of thirty, they probably speak fluent english, i think most people in this video are confused 'cause we are not quite used to pedestrian questions

[@kimeli]

stop sucking up to white people, have pride in your Chinese language, do you want English to replace mandarin in china.

[@MrKaineLee]

It is not a good way to start a conversation by saying "say something for me", I hate people asking me like that, because I often get confused, even in my native language, on what kind of topics should talk about, I consider it rather be rude to ask people "say something", next time if you want to start a conversation, and then start it yourself.

[@bskull3232]

I speak English almost natively. It depends on education background.

[@finnickanderson8795]

nah it’s just depends on whether u like it or not

[@shgfe3ay]

2:10 "youre wearing socks" loooooooooll

[@nayyahbey9599]

its ok if you don't really know how to speak another language because if you benn a round a bunch of people for a long time who only speaks your language you get used to it what else are you saposed to do

[@ManuelGonzalez-yy6sj]

i like this video because I speak spanish and i am learning english and i know how important is the english for everyone

[@marinliuxu7377]

English is much easier to a Spanish-speaking person. We Chinese don't even use ABC and also no matter in everyday life or in most professional fields, we don't have to use English.

[@queenpatricia5347]

He meant to say What type of socks are you wearing

[@emopu6122]

This is a silly question, why should the Chinese know English? Is it an honor to speak English?

[@steven_2005-z4f]

The world studies English on “Duolingo”. English is my 1st language, I struggle speaking my 2nd language, Spanish. Around 10 years ago I learnt my first foreign language on my own, Russian. Years later I had a growing curiosity for learning languages.

[@pchu2904]

Stupid is as stupid does. Do people speak Chinese in America?

[@salve.gwapa_gid]

it's like we Filipinos, know english, but are shy to talk it., my English listening skills was developed when I attended CCF church and all of the preaching are in pure English. then I went abroad to work in a US territory, where my english speaking was developed more. and now I do online job, and meetings are there with Clients Overseas and meetings are in English., it depends if a non-native English is always using English or not, then it could be determined if they are good in English. if one is not using it always, then he/ she could say only a little bit and shy to talk in English.

[@redbirdT0T]

This might be in BEI JING or somewhere north in china,if the journalist come to Shanghai ,I think the consequence will be different

[@yyw.6197]

coming up from underground train in baijing. I was going to an art museum.it took me half an hour asking this question untill an office lady spoke to me in english.I asked her to write the name of the museum in chinese and show it to a motorcycle taxi.without this writing in chinese I don't think I could find the museum. i am from Thailand.

[@NothingElse556]

Dutch speak Dutch, but they speak excellent English, so is Swedish, Norwegian and Danish. Asian countries like Malaysia, Philippines and Indonesia, they're able to speak English well. (Those from the Capital city) Chinese speak Chinese, but didn't even speak English, even in their Capital, Beijing. WTF? they learned it at school for 9 years.

[@williamedwardhackman4695]

I live in the USA in California. Chinese people can learn American English from me if they want to.

[@cahkezels9750]

This experiment was failed due to the wrong approaches. Instead of asking if they would like show their competency in English you should just ask them anything in English and no camera. Eh I just realized it was taken 9 years ago, my bad.

[@mace3988]

30 thousand places offering English classes. Sounds like a lot! ….until you realise that’s one for every half a million people

[@fengweiguo4229]

I do not know where they made this review.

[@casxtertom3542]

good demo for bad street interview!

[@ajaynegi5158]

-Do you speak English? -No, sorry

[@zhewu9052]

you can ask others whether they can speak it. haha

[@chrismathewjoseph1283]

China : People speaking Chinese and the interviewer asking if they speak English While in India : Random people speaking English mixed with native language in a crowded street...😂

[@JL-yl7xh]

they have their own language,why they speak English

[@adamschrepfer1086]

ohh I don't know, maybe because they would need it to talk to people from other countries?? gee I wonder why people would need or even want to that???/

[@shuocheng3058]

Adam Schrepfer any isea what that percentage would be? Most people just simply don't interact with foreigners

[@adamschrepfer1086]

yeah until they for some reason NEED to interact, or if they meet a friend who travels a lot and introduces them to the world outside of their own little world..

[@yilin5072]

it's much easier for chinese to read or write in english and it'll be hard for them to communicate with that

[@DMC5656]

You are wearing socks!　That`s why i love Chinese people.

[@acjayden2771]

lol its satire for her

[@acjayden2771]

ands she didnt understant

[@user-qk1oh7ke6f]

and the hostess pardon my language but damn

[@PolizeiPaul]

You're by a police station yet didn't see if the police knew any English? Ok..Hmmn..

[@Sherpa92]

They should have ask people questions

[@gustavomelles1]

Why asking questions like these make Chinese people uncomfortable?

[@chaikagirl]

This is reality in China. And in Russia also. I am Russian, studing in China. In these both countries 90% people dont speak english. Idk why commenters so worry about “bad interview” but this is the reality.. For example in Malaysia, Germany or Sweden the situation is totally different

[@Joshuaxiong2]

Most Chinese people are learning British English. So, some people have British accent.

[@Amamkoncahuanquichu]

How do you say, "excuse me, do you speak English?" In the language you used? Sorry for my ignorance. Were you speaking mandarin? There was a hard R sound that was very pronounced when you said, "excuse me." I think all those people were shy!

[@rksandhu24]

It is schocking that even the youth in China can't speak English

[@richardgere9365]

Oh dear. Back to Berlitz you go. All of you!

[@thanhnga2042]

It's a nice content here, i'd like to watch such videos like this. However, i think the question is obscure. I mean, seriously, you went around and asked anyone you met that what his/ her favorite phrase was. How can i answer questions like that? It's quite confusing for anyone. By the way, great work. I'd like to watch your other videos in the next time ;) ✌️

[@vanessaniko9755]

I have a friend who live in Guangzhou and her English is so far so good

[@zhenhangwong5548]

This question is stupid. It is akin to Do British people speak Japanese or even french.

[@gamingwithiron1270]

Canada teaches French from grade school to high school as well how many Ppl living in Ontario actually speaks French and French is an official language. The ending lines are just stupid and pointless

[@enzohuang1164]

Don’t ever try to reach out Chinese by using Chinese. Plus don’t ask if Chinese can speak English bc they are not confident or just too shy or modest.

[@user-gp5iw8tj8s]

It depends on which city you choose

[@leandrobayonito]

That's sad. When some Chinese migrate to the Philippines and then establishes mini-Chinese groceries, some do speak little English and most are not (just gesture of expression). I'm not sure how they migrate here without knowing a single word. So if I speak Tagalog, am I compelled to speak Chinese if they are not compelled to speak English also?

[@jonhardwick4170]

Go to Hong Kong and the story will be different, but again the British did control them for a while.

[@1minutehaircut145]

1. Older generation are not used to speak english 2. It's strange when u ask people in Chinese whether they speak english and expect them to reply you back with an English sentence 3. What do you expect me to say when u asked what's my favourite sentence in english? "I love big boobs?"

[@kylecho2912]

Actually there are close to 40-50 million(but still insignificant compared to the vast total number of Chinese population) Chinese people learning English in China nowadays and that actually English education is a HUGE business in China (which generates about 15-18 billion dollars income annually) there are a few big corporations in China ( the New Oriental, for example) that made so much money by just teaching english in China that even made there way to New York Stock exchange and NASDAQ! But let's face it, learning a foreign language which is a whole other system isn't quite for everyone~

[@kayniezhang8745]

Who said that!!' It just depends on different people!'maybe that r not good that it .I've been there before because I'm a international student (in Beijing) my friends all speak English well'...' And also .why everybody have to speak English well?! they have there own culture own languages.....

[@Peter-pr3mt]

You should make a counterpart that asking people whether do they speak Mandarin in America or other English speaking countries to be fair.

[@aaronh6852]

well... it turns out that im kinda like a linguistic prodigy in China...

[@chenl8436]

This interview makes nonsense.

[@raidb0ss29]

Almost everywhere else in the world, english is one of the most spoken second languages. I can understand why it would be hard for native chinese to learn English. But English is so important today that more people should really know it at least a little.

[@embracinglogic1744]

In China, the people just do not care about English at all.

[@kimeli]

thats colonialism, why dont english speakers learn chinese instead.

[@mathersmarshall8235]

Actually for Chinese English isn't hard. It's the bad methods of teaching and few use cases that lead to it.

[@mathersmarshall8235]

And if interviewing students in universities the result will be much better.

[@ElZilchoYo]

You cant ask people their favourite phrase in english, thats too weird, just talk to them

[@practiceenglishallday4937]

I am sure many Chinese people speak good English and maybe we haven't seen them in this video. 在完成之前，這似乎總是不可能的。

[@Metabolism789]

Replace it by New Delhi's CP🇮🇳 and change your question to: "Do u speak hindi"😂😂??

[@lynnchen3263]

They just ask someone if they can speak English or not. Such a dumb interview ....... at least she can ask something in English .......... and see if they can respond.

[@Joshuaxiong2]

I think this interview was not good because you were asking in Chinese.

[@gamezvideos2]

I only speak English and Portuguese, almost nobody speaks English in Brazil, just like China.

[@Evan-mk8fr]

这两人应该在伦敦或者纽约问你会说中文嘛

[@jpfilmsfx2740]

a friend of mine is in china teaching english