Hard to say really, it depends on where in the world you would like to work and who you will be dealing with. If you're going to be dealing with South America mainly then Spannish is definitely the right language. Or alternatively, if you will be dealing with Europe or Africa, then French will probably be more useful.

so true

OP : improve ur english first, in order to be really fluent and able to articulate your ideas, opinions and personality naturally and precisely

it will make a better impression on an interviewer than fumbling in 2 languages

IMHO more French companies than Spanish ones in BJ, although if they've opened a company/subsidiary/office here, it means the decision makers/leaders can speak some English. Therefore no real need to strive for the 2nd foreign language.

French companies do not pay as much as US companies according to my very limited experience. No idea how it is between Spanish and French companies.

Iam French, and I tell u to learn spanish, its much easier

I can't offer you any business related advice, but I can tell you that learning Spanish will be a whole lot easier for you than French. Spanish is rather easy to learn, you will make progress rather fast, while French might take you a while. I don't know how much time you have at your hands, considering the fact that you have to work and obviously study English, too. If I were you, I'd opt for the easier one.

I'm french, and i also tell you to not go to paris crappy city... I don't know why it's the first touristic city in the world o_XX
never chose a language by opportunity, just chose a language cause you like it. try to listen to spanish and french. Obviously, french is way more complicated, but it's part of his charm nop ?
the more useful language is spanish i think coz it's the 3rd language spoken in the world (and i don't know if french is the 4th or 5th or ... yeah maybe 4th but i'm not sure )

okey so, just watch some french movies in Original Voices (you have "Amélie Poulain" or haha, "L'auberge espagnole" which are 2 famous french movies). And what spanish movies ?? hmm "Tacones lejanos" of course (or all the other movies of Pedro Almodóvar

do it

Spanish is the first or second most widely spoken native language in the world depending on how you count dialects (Chinese is the 2nd or 1st)
Spanish is a phonetic language. It has rules which determine spelling and is spelled perfectly according to those rules. There are no exceptions.
Spanish is very similar to Portuguese and Italian meaning that fluent speakers can sometimes hold a conversation and can read each others witting.
Latin culture is rich and vibrant in South America.

French is not a phonetic language, the only way to learn to spell french is to memorize each word.
French is dissimilar to other romance languages enough that it is mutually unintelligible.
French culture is withering away in Africa.

I learned French, I speak French, I am very very sorry I spent 5 years of my life studying a language as complicated and as French when I could have learned the much more useful Spanish.

As someone said, an excellent command of english (and by excellent I mean EXCELLENT, like having a real communication skill in any kind of situation, not just being able to ask people where they come from...) will give you more opportunities in Beijing that just being able to chit-chat in 2 languages. I meet a lot of students who think they have to learn a "second" foreign language to be more competitive, when their english is actually very limited at best. Focus on completely mastering one first.

Between french and spanish choose less from 2 evils? Spanish is the best choice for you!
Otherwise you have to know asian people are not welcome in France. Because we have much arabs and africans. Now the foreigner quota is full because of them. Then don't waste your time. Thanks in advance.

English and French are also very similar... I mean maybe as much as English and Spanish.. :\

So if i take the same list:

- Future - Futur
- Information - Information ( same spelling !)
- Reception - Réception (almost the same spelling!)
- Bar - Bar (same spelling)
- Sofa - ( ok, we don't really use this word in French but any French would understand it )
- Telephone - Téléphone
- Cafeteria - Cafétéria
- Microphone - Microphone
- Grammar - Grammaire
- Divide - Diviser
- Intelligent - Intelligent
- Menu - Menu
- Television - Télévision
- America - Amérique
- China - Chine
- Adjective - Adjectif
- Verb - Verbe
- Adverb - Adverbe
- And many more...

Choose the language you prefer, the one you think sounds better. Or read books, watch movies about countries where these languages are spoken ...