Old sci-fi often showed the future being more Chinese orientated. Simply because of the amount of people there is. Blade runner is a great example.
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BigMikeInAustin@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Is the world going to switch to using Mandarin for the universal language?
Drempire@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
uienia@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Neuromancer as well (the book that is).
funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
There’d have to be some significant milestones:
China would have to produce entertainment content that rivals Hollywood In Mandarin
A programming language based on Mandarin would have to gain popularity
A large diasporia of Chinese speakers
Probably a large Imperial expansion of Chinese territory to other parts of the world
A change in internet protocol to favor mandarin-speaking channels or a new communication channel to rival “the written word” “radio” “telephony” and “the internet” that is purely Mandarin
A change in medicinal practice, pharmaceutical manufacturing etc under which speaking Mandarin is easier than any other language
China would have to gain unilateral cultural cache such that kids and adults alike see China as cool, powerful, interesting, exciting, friendly, aspirational, rich and free.
boreengreen@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
Probably not now. Perhaps in a 100 years. These things take time. Though i’m just an internet bozo. What do I know?
LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Do you know things? Let’s find out!
HK65@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
Not likely, English is used in the first place because of the British Empire, not the US.