Wittgenstein, a One-Way Ticket, and Other Unforeseen Benefits of Studying Chinese Link PerryPaperback

The Chinese University Press

Collects essays from native speakers of English who studied Chinese, learned it unusually well, and then used it in very successful careers in journalism, business, government work, and academe. Many of essays show that answers to the question of ""what difference is made?"" can have a charming unpredictability.