> I was watching the Greek news recently and saw that the Greek and
> Jordanian government were having some sort of conference. They were
> communicating in English.
>
> I can't imagine Chinese being used in this manner.

Yes, I agree. I think it will take some time before Chinese becomes an
ubiquitous language for the world. It won't happen overnight. But
already Chinese cinema is popular, and slowly more and more things
Chinese will appear. People will want to learn it at school and
universities. Speaking Chinese will become fashionable. Combine this
with economic power and I expect the language to become more and more
dominant.

But, who knows, perhaps the Big Red country won't be able to control
its inner tension and go up in flames this century, and then it won't
be Chinese but...who knows...Hindi...or Hindi-English?