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[–] propter_hog@hexbear.net 27 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I think the answer is going to be China, regardless. That is, as long as you can figure out the visa situation.

[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 30 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Hong Kong first. Stay there long enough and you'll get mainland.

HK sucks to be poor in but OP should be alright with their experience.

Now, whether or not OP is ok with the language issues is another question.

[–] comrade_pibb@hexbear.net 22 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

My dumb anglo brain has fragments of other languages, but nothing i would consider bilingual

[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 22 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Get duolingo and start learning one or start drawing a list of primarily English speaking countries. It'll be a small list. Of all of them NZ is possibly a good option.

[–] DinosaurThussy@hexbear.net 32 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Would not recommend DuoLingo for Mandarin. I’ve been using HelloChinese and a couple weeks of it has me farther along than months of DuoLingo and few years ago

[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 12 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Oh right? Good to know, I've never tried it for that.

In my head there were other languages they could try too. Spanish would open up all of south america and that's definitely decent on duo.