Whatever uncertainties the US and Britain face, their language still rules the world.
No scientist can flourish without publishing in English. When Germans trade with Brazilians, or Frenchmen with Angolans, they probably do so in English.
Goldman Sachs has predicted that China’s economy could overtake America’s by 2027. Yet, far from insisting that the world master their language, the Chinese are busily learning English, adding an estimated 20m speakers a year. Walt Disney, the US media group, has opened a chain of English-language schools for children in China.
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