Chinese seems very unlikely to replace English as the global lingua franca anytime soon, while any global tidal wave of all-pervasive Chinese cinema and music appears far from imminent.

• 汉语似乎不大可能在短期内取代英语而成为全球通用语，而中国电影和音乐似乎也远未到形成世界潮流席卷全球的地步。