Platinum Chinese goes on sale today and it may give you an edge to your resume. According to Bloomberg Rankings, Mandarin Chinese is the “most useful business language after English.”
Bloomberg based the rankings on number of speakers, number of countries where it is the official language, and taking into account those countries’ populations, financial power, educational and literacy rates.
In addition to three coursebooks, nine CDs, smartphone and tablet apps, an online course, and access to an online community and e-tutoring sessions, Platinum Chinese features an 80+ page guide to writing Chinese characters. The instructions and illustrations are easy to follow (and quite gorgeous!), see a sample page below.
