RedNote and Nezha 2 have shown that learning Chinese is easy

 The Americans are starting to want to learn Chinese. All the RedNote visitors are now familiar and can speak at least 3 Chinese words, Xiao Hong Shu, 小红书. Many have gone on to speak Chinese at best they could in RedNote. And many are very eloquent and good with an excellent command of Chinese vocabulary. Can you beat that?  The Americans are not complaining that it is difficult to learn Chinese, unlike the bananas.

Actually, Chinese is quite easy to learn as each word has one syllabus eg ni hao, Zhong Quo, not tongue twisters. It is short and sharp. When there is an interest in a language, and a desire to learn, it becomes very easy. There are so many westerners, Africans, Indians, Arabs, Russians, Ukrainians, all speaking very good Chinese, much better than me many times over. It is quite embarrassing for a Chinese to claim that Chinese is a very difficult language to learn. 1.4 billion Chinese are using the language in China and many more millions are using it in the diaspora. And the language has been passed down, alive and used actively for millennia.

It is now very cool to learn Chinese and to speak Chinese. RedNote has started the ball rolling, opening up the gate of curiosity. Nezha 2 has added an interesting cultural flavour to the Chinese language and culture. And the rise of China as a rich and peaceful country, with many attractions, great food at great prices, are powerful forces pulling the westerners and people of the world to want to know more about China. And the best place to start is learning the language. 

5,000 years of knowledge, philosophy, culture, history and mythologies are waiting to be explored. Both RedNote and Nezha 2 have shown the world a different dimension of China that is fascinating, very welcoming and very real that they have been missing, blocked out by western media biases and negative propaganda for so long.

The opening up of China with visa free visits is right timing for the people of the world to see what China really is, how the Chinese are living in China.