Is it just me or are the lyrics to this rather tacky pop song a bit sinister? People of every skin colour, People with hair of every colour What they’re reading, what they’re saying, Chinese is becoming the new trend How many years did we painstakingly practice English pronunciation and learn their grammar? For a change, now it’s their turn to get their tongues all in a knot How smart the Chinese are! And how beautiful our language is! The whole world is learning Chinese Confucius’ words are becoming world culture Our language makes the people of the world listen up The first question this raises is exactly who in the world is learning Chinese other than a handful of business men and language…