mandarin chinese is not spoken widely outside of china, yet it is spoken by more people than any other language. what makes this possible?

mandarin chinese is used when conducting international business.

china's population is the largest in the world.

this is not possible.

all languages spoken in the world are found within the sino-tibetan language family

China's population is the largest in the world is the right answer.

Explanation:

China has a population of over 1.3 billion people. The official language of the People´s Republic of China is Mandarin. That´s why it is the most spoken tongue of the whole world.

in the 1800s, chinese workers migrated to the united states, first to work in the gold mines, but also to take agricultural jobs, and factory work, especially in the garment industry. chinese immigrants were particularly instrumental in building railroads in the american west, and as chinese laborers grew successful in the united states, a number of them became entrepreneurs in their own right. as the numbers of chinese laborers increased, so did the strength of anti-chinese sentiment among other workers in the american economy. this finally resulted in legislation that aimed to limit future immigration of chinese workers to the united states, and threatened to sour diplomatic relations between the united states and china.