Just to highlight a little bit to all our friends here who wanted to learn chinese. In chinese writing, there are 2 type : Simplified Chinese & Traditional Chinese.
Simplified chinese commonly use in country like china, malaysia, singapore, etc.. Traditional Chinese use in taiwan.
Although both sound the same in speaking & pronounciation, but is very different in word writting.
I would suggest to learn simplified chinese, coz this is commonly use in various asia countries..
Just a little advice.