The construction of an intermediate course in Mandarin Chinese for business purposes is discussed. Following an introduction in part one, part two considers the progress of trade relations between Taiwan, the People's Republic of China (PRC), and the United States. Part three gives a brief review of materials already in print that might help in the formulation of a course in Business Mandarin. The fourth part highlights possible difficulties due to different usage in Taiwan and the PRC, in both written and spoken communication. Issues surrounding romanization and the use of "simplified" Chinese characters are discussed. Part five contains a general discussion of 10 proposed lessons on international finance. The lessons (in Chinese) and two Chinese/pinyin/English glossaries are appended. (MSE)