
#85 Why I Got My MBA in Asia with Yuan Lee Chung, HKUST MBA '15
The Touch MBA Admissions Podcast
Are There Opportunities Out There for People Who Don't Have Mandarin Speaking Skills?
A lot of roles state as a prerequisite Chinese speaking and by Chinese speaking they want Mandarin these days it's no longer enough to speak Cantonese they want you to be fluent in Mandarin too. There are opportunities out there for people who don't speak the language obviously the most senior you are the less necessary days certain skill sets which are not sales really do not necessarily require Mandarin speaking skills but if you can it's obviously you know desired. I actually have had a lot of Western classmates who spoke about the Mandarin and I did it was actually quite embarrassing they worked like for the Peace Corps in China They've set up factories thereYou're not everyone Asian American they're like American American like proper Western